RAN INTO Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

ran into

phrase

past tense of run into

as in found

to come upon unexpectedly or by chance They ran into a new set of problems as soon as they thought everything was fixed.

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as in encountered

to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face The woman ran into her boss at the grocery store.

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Recent Examples of ran into Don Nelson’s path to the Dallas Mavericks Nellie was the head coach behind a long line of solid Milwaukee Bucks teams in the ‘80s that constantly ran into Larry Bird’s Boston Celtics. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Aug. 2026 The rear end of Reddick’s car slid entering Turn 1, and Reddick ran into Jones before hitting the wall. — ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026 An old school friend Shoichiro ran into on the street gave him a ticket to a concert. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026 Seth Rollins escaped the Guillotine submission and ran into a spear from Roman Reigns, but Seth Rollins kicked out. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026 The company ran into an issue ramping up production for its CO2 refrigeration business while consolidating its manufacturing footprint. — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026 Reuters, citing maritime security sources, reported the vessel first ran into trouble on June 8 near the Yemeni port of Mukalla, where initial assessments suggested a blast may have occurred. — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026 On his way to reaching his first tour-level final in eight years, Damir Džumhur of Bosnia and Herzegovina ran into it during his quarterfinal against Italy’s French Open semifinalist Matteo Arnaldi. — James Hansen, New York Times, 20 July 2026 Argentina, the reigning world champions and heavy favorite, needed extra time to beat the upstarts in their first World Cup, but not before Cape Verde’s Sidny Lopes Cabral scored an incredible extra-time goal and ran into the crowd to celebrate. — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026

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bumped into

Phrase

Seth Rollins bumped into the official and came back with a Dean Ambrose clothesline.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Two of the men told Garcia the agents’ vehicles bumped into them and then swayed into the van, forcing them to stop.

— Elise Hammond, CNN Money, 24 July 2026

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