Meaning

6 senses
  1. (informal, transitive)To arrest; (especially) to track down and arrest.

    The guys who robbed the bank last week have finally been run in.

  2. (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.

  3. (figuratively)To start a new regime slowly.

  4. To score (a try).

  5. 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.

  6. To alter the position of matter to fill vacant space.

Examples

373 sentences
  1. A dog is running in the park.

    Собака бігає по парку. — deniko

    ruСобака бегает в парке. — odexed

  2. Who can run fastest in your class?

    Хто в твоєму класі найшвидше бігає? — User55521

    ruКто у вас в классе быстрее всех бегает? — Wezel

  3. 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

  4. I ran into Tom in the park.

    Я випадково зустрів Тома в парку. — deniko

  5. I guess it runs in the family.

    Гадаю, це сімейне. — deniko

Forms

runs in, running in, ran in, run in
Base formrun in · to run in
3rd person singularruns in
Present participlerunning in
Past simpleran in
Past participlerun in

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrun in
he, she, itruns in

Past simpleLesson

all personsran in

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave run in
he, she, ithas run in

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill run in

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

2 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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