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run away with
run by
run down
run-down
run in
run-in
run into
run-of-paper
run-of-station
run-of-the-mill
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run up against
run up against


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
U.K. encounter unexpectedly: to suddenly encounter an unexpected problem
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