run into
Meet by accident
Run into means to collide with something: I wasn't paying attention and ran into a parked car.
More commonly, it means to encounter unexpectedly: I ran into my old professor at the grocery store.
It also describes accumulating to a total: The repairs ran into thousands of dollars.
To run into trouble or difficulties is to begin experiencing them.
Find unexpectedly
- stumble acrossFind unexpectedly, unintentionally
- cross pathsMeet by coincidence
- spotMark or location
- seePerceive with eyes
meet · recognize · acquaintance · old friend · familiar face · neighbor · colleague · ex
Sudden violent impact
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- hitSuccessful contact or strike
- bumpSlight collision or protrusion
smash · slam · fender-bender · rear-end · t-bone · pileup · sideswipe · clip
Matter requiring resolution
- difficultyState of being hard
- troubleDifficulty or distress
- snagUnforeseen complication
- setbackReverse in progress
complication · hurdle · barrier · roadblock · bottleneck · issue · hitch · challenge
chance upon
Find unexpectedly
- stumble acrossFind unexpectedly, unintentionally
- cross pathsMeet by coincidence
- spotMark or location
see · meet · recognize · acquaintance · old friend · familiar face · neighbor · colleague · ex · classmate
crash
Sudden violent impact
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- hitSuccessful contact or strike
bump · smash · slam · fender-bender · rear-end · t-bone · pileup · sideswipe · clip · graze
problem
Matter requiring resolution
- difficultyState of being hard
- troubleDifficulty or distress
- snagUnforeseen complication
setback · complication · hurdle · barrier · roadblock · bottleneck · issue · hitch · challenge · stumbling block
- motion idiomsin motion, on the move, on the go, move forward, move along
- phrasal verbspick up, look at, put down, turn on, turn off
- meeting actionsmeet, greet, approach, come across, cross paths
- clumsinessclumsiness, clumsy, awkwardness, fumble, stumble
- discoveryfind, finding, discovery, discover, finding out
- coincidencescoincidence, happenstance, fluke, serendipity, synchronicity