run into

Verb

• come together
  • I'll probably see you at the meeting
    
  • How nice to see you again!
    

• hit against; come into sudden contact with
  • The car hit a tree
    
  • He struck the table with his elbow
    

• collide violently with an obstacle
  • I ran into the telephone pole
    

• be beset by
  • The project ran into numerous financial difficulties
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  meet , encounter , run across , come across , see , hit , strike , impinge on , collide with , bump into , jar against , butt against , knock against