How to pronounce “run in”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• Alternative form of run-in (adjective) (styled open when in predicative position)
• [Noun]
• Alternative spelling of run-in (omitting the hyphens from nouns of this type is nonstandard in formal publications but widely seen in unedited writing)
• [Verb]
• (transitive, informal, chiefly passive voice) To arrest; (especially) to track down and arrest.
• (transitive, British) To use new machinery at less than full speed, preventing damage.
• (figuratively) To start a new regime slowly.
• (rugby) To score (a try).
• (typography, printing) To insert (a word, etc.) without making a line break or new paragraph (so that it is not free-hanging).
• (printing) To alter the position of matter to fill vacant space.
• simple past and past participle of run in

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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