run into

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: run in=to

THESAURUS

run into

add up to, afford, aggregate, aggregate to, alight upon, alter into, amount to, bang, bang into, be converted into, become, blunder upon, bring, bring in, bump, bump into, cannon, carom, carom into, chance upon, change into, clash, collide, come across, come among, come into collision, come on, come round to, come to, come up against, come up to, come upon, comprise, concuss, confront, confront each other, contain, cost, crack up, crash, crash into, crump, crunch, dash into, discover serendipitously, encounter, evolve into, fall aboard, fall across, fall among, fall foul of, fall in with, fall into, fall upon, fetch, foul, happen upon, head into, hit, hit against, hit upon, hurt, hurtle, impinge, knock, knock against, lapse into, light upon, meet, meet head-on, meet up with, meet with, melt into, mount up to, number, open into, pass into, percuss, pitch upon, ram, reckon up to, ripen into, run across, run broadside on, run down, run in, run smack into, run to, run up against, run upon, sail into, sell for, set one back, settle into, shift into, sideswipe, slam into, smack into, smash, smash into, smash up, strike, strike against, stumble on, stumble upon, tot up to, total, total up to, tote up to, tumble on, turn into, turn to, unitize, whomp

ROGET THESAURUS

run into

Conversion

VB be converted into, become, get, wax, come to, turn to, turn into, evolve into, develop into, turn out, lapse, shift, run into, fall into, pass into, slide into, glide into, grow into, ripen into, open into, resolve itself into, settle into, merge into, emerge as, melt, grow, come round to, mature, mellow, assume the form of, assume the shape of, assume the state of, assume the nature of, assume the character of, illapse, begin a new phase, assume a new phase, undergo a change, convert into, resolve into, make, render, mold, form, remodel, new model, refound, reform, reorganize, assimilate to, bring to, reduce to.

Insertion

VB insert, introduce, intromit, put into, run into, import, inject, interject, infuse, instill, inoculate, impregnate, imbue, imbrue, graft, ingraft, bud, plant, implant, dovetail, obtrude, thrust in, stick in, ram in, stuff in, tuck in, press, in, drive in, pop in, whip in, drop in, put in, impact, empierce, imbed, immerse, immerge, merge, bathe, soak, dip, plunge, bury, insert itself, lodge itself, plunge in medias res.