run-ins
Unpleasant chance meetings
Run-ins are brief, usually unpleasant encounters or confrontations: He's had several run-ins with the law, She had a run-in with her neighbor over the fence.
The term suggests conflict rather than friendly meetings.
In printing, a run-in is text that continues on the same line rather than starting a new paragraph.
Heated verbal dispute
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- argumentReasoned case or dispute
- encounterUnexpected meeting or confrontation
scuffle · quarrel · conflict · skirmish · spat · tiff · squabble · disagreement
Unexpected meeting or confrontation
- meetingGathering for discussion
- crossing pathsEncountering by chance
- seeingPerceiving by sight
- spottingPerceiving or identifying visually
unexpected · coincidence · happenstance · awkward · former · ex · acquaintance · stranger
altercation
Heated verbal dispute
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- argumentReasoned case or dispute
encounter · scuffle · quarrel · conflict · skirmish · spat · tiff · squabble · disagreement · showdown
encounter
Unexpected meeting or confrontation
- meetingGathering for discussion
- crossing pathsEncountering by chance
- seeingPerceiving by sight
spotting · unexpected · coincidence · happenstance · awkward · former · ex · acquaintance · stranger · random
arrest
Seize by law
trouble · law · authorities · cops · officers · booking · charge · warrant · violation · infraction
run-insreconciliations
Restorations of friendly relations
rapprochements · truces · heart-to-hearts · embraces · making up