phrasal verb · neutral
run into
/rʌn ˈɪn.tu/RUN·IN·to
speakingtask2
to meet by chance; to encounter a problem
Examples
“I ran into an old classmate at the supermarket yesterday.”
“We ran into some technical difficulties during the test.”
“She ran into trouble with her visa application.”
Band 8 sentence
“While researching for my presentation, I ran into an interesting study that perfectly illustrated my point.”
Collocations
- run into someone/traffic/problems
- unexpectedly run into
Word family
run verbran into phrasal verb (past)
Common mistakes
I met into my teacher yesterday.→I ran into my teacher yesterday.
We have run in to problems.→We have run into problems.
Say it for a higher band
5meet→6come across→7+run into
Synonyms
meet (by chance)
Easily confused
meet
“I met my supervisor at the conference as planned.”
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