run in
To arrest; to track down and arrestTo arrest; (especially) to track down and arrest.
» A dog is running in the park.
Собака бегает в парке.
Собака бігає по парку.
Meaning
6 senses(informal, transitive)To arrest; (especially) to track down and arrest.
The guys who robbed the bank last week have finally been run in.
(UK, transitive)To use new machinery at less than full speed, preventing damage.
I have to drive slowly for the first 1,000 miles to run the engine in.
(figuratively)To start a new regime slowly.
To score (a try).
To insert (a word, etc.) without making a line break or new paragraph (so that it is not free-hanging).
With these subsections, it is better to run their headings in.
To alter the position of matter to fill vacant space.
Examples
373 sentencesA dog is running in the park.
Собака бігає по парку. — deniko
ruСобака бегает в парке. — odexed
Who can run fastest in your class?
Хто в твоєму класі найшвидше бігає? — User55521
ruКто у вас в классе быстрее всех бегает? — Wezel
He runs in the park every day.
Він кожного дня бігає в парку. — deniko
ruОн бегает в парке каждый день. — sharptoothed
deEr joggt jeden Tag im Park. — lilygilder
I ran into Tom in the park.
Я випадково зустрів Тома в парку. — deniko
I guess it runs in the family.
Гадаю, це сімейне. — deniko
Forms
runs in, running in, ran in, run inPhrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- run upшитиTo run (towards someone or something); to hasten to a destination.
- run offвідлякати, відлякуватиTo flee or depart quickly.
- run outзакінчитися, закінчуватисяTo use up or consume all
- run downпереїхати, переїжджатиTo hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.
- run overпереїхати, переїжджатиTo exceed the allotted time.
- run awayбігати, бігтиTo flee by running.
- run afterгнати, ганятиTo follow quickly, often in an effort to catch or catch up with (someone or something).
- run intoзрозуміти, розумітиTo enter by running.
More 8
- run aroundобшукати, обшукуватиTo be very busy doing many different things.
- run throughу /в мене, матиTo repeat something.
- run onTo continue without interruption
- run inTo arrest; (especially) to track down and arrest.
- run backTo take someone home by car; to give someone a lift to their house.
- run alongTo leave; to make one's way somewhere else.
- run withTo be streaming with a fluid.
- run aheadTo use sidings to pass a different train.
Synonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb