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run away with
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verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive verb meet somebody by chance: to meet somebody unexpectedly
2. transitive and intransitive verb collide with something: to collide with somebody or something, or cause something to collide with somebody or something
3. transitive verb encounter something: to encounter something unanticipated, usually problems or trouble
4. transitive verb amount to something: to add up to something, or be approximately equal to something
left debts running into millions
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