1. Be beset by
   "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties";
   - encounter
    
2. Come into sudden contact with
   "The car ran into a tree";
   - hit, strike, impinge on, collide with, impact
    
3. Collide or make sudden contact with something or someone
   "I ran into the telephone pole";
   - bump into, jar against, butt against, knock against
    
4. Accidentally be in the same place and interact with (someone)
   "How nice to run into you again!";
   - meet, encounter, run across, come across, see, bump into

Derived forms: running into, runs into, ran into, run into

See also: bump

Type of: act, encounter, meet, move, receive, touch