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Princeton's WordNet

  1. quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustupnoun

    an angry dispute

    "they had a quarrel"; "they had words"

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  1. Run-innoun

    An argument or quarrel.

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  1. run-innoun

    An encounter; a scrape or brush; especially one involving trouble or difficulty.

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  1. run-in

    A run-in generally refers to an unexpected encounter or conflict with someone. It can also refer to a type of sentence structure in which a subordinated or related thought runs into the main clause, separated only by a comma. In industrial terminology, a run-in period is the initial stage of operation where a machine or engine is tested or conditioned for regular use.

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  1. inrun

  2. inurn

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of run-in in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of run-in in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of run-in in a Sentence

  1. John Sadler:

    I’ve had some older horses and I have to say no more stakes for them, they’re got to run in easier races. They weren’t capable of running without Lasix.

  2. Kevin Wagner:

    News Talk Florida is News Talk Florida and a very expensive state to run in.

  3. Howard Silverblatt:

    If we keep going up, eventually we could have a bull, but until it hits the record, it's a bull run in a bear market.

  4. Alexi Pappas:

    For marathoners I think this Olympic shift has been particularly impactful because there's only so many marathons you can run in a year and so the whole fall has been taken off the table for good reason, training safely, doing my gym workout at home, only running with my quarantine pod -- there's only certain runners that I'm running with right now -- that's been the mentality during coronavirus.

  5. Archie Bradley:

    So it’s a 2-2 count, and I’m like, ‘Man, I have to pee. I have to go pee.’ So I run in our bathroom real quick, I’m ready to go. I’m trying to pee and I actually [expletive] my pants. Like right before I’m about to go in the game, I pooped my pants, i’m like ‘Oh my gosh.’ I know I’m a pitch away from going in the game, so I’m scrambling to clean myself up. I get it cleaned up the best I can, button my pants up, and our bullpen coach Mike Fetters says, ‘Hey, you’re in the game.’ So I’m jogging into the game to pitch with poop in my pants essentially.


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