1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007

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run in
If you buy a new car, run it in by driving slowly and gently for the first
couple of weeks. If you don’t run it in, you could damage the engine.

run sth in

run in sth

He blew the engine in his
new Ferrari. No-one told
him it needed running in.

✍ ^

run into
Today I ran into a cousin I hadn’t seen for years. It was good to see each
other after such a long time.

run into sb

When I go back to my
home town, I run into a
lot of old school friends.

✍  see also:^ bump into, come

across, run across

run into
Many development projects ran into financial difficulty when their
funding was cut back.

run into sth

The film festival ran into
some serious problems
and had to be called off.

✍  see also:^ get into^

run off

Could you run down to in the photocopy room and run 20 copies of this

report off? I need them for the meeting and it starts in ten minutes!

run sth off

run off sth

How long would it take to

run off 200 copies of an 8-

page document?

✍  see also: print out

run off with
(informal)

Our accountant ran off with the company’s money, but after a few

weeks the police found him and arrested him.

run off with sth/sb

Our new accountant ran
off with the boss’s wife,
and no-one’s seen them.

✍  see also: run away (with)

run on
The meeting should have finished at six o’clock, but it ran on until well
after seven o’clock.

run on

The job should be finished
in six weeks, but it could
run on a bit longer.

✍  see also:^ go on, carry on^

run on
The latest mobile phones run on a battery that lasts for a week before it
needs recharging.

run on sth

Why are cars which run
on electricity still not used
by many people?

✍ ^

run out
We’ve run out of milk. Could you run down to the shop and get some
more, please?

run out

run out of sth

When the printer’s paper
has nearly run out, tell
Sue we need some more.

✍ 

run out on
Richard ran out on his wife and kids and went to live in Rio with his
Brazilian girlfriend.

run out on sb

After running out on her
husband, Emma flew to
Fiji with a rich accountant.

✍  see also: walk out (on)

run over
I was nearly run over by a bus this morning. If Jill hadn’t yelled out, I
could’ve been killed.

run sth/sb over
run over sth/sb
(be) run over by sth/sb
I ran over a dog while
driving here and I can’t
stop thinking about it.

✍  see also: run down