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run in

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run someone in
to arrest one and take one to the police station. The cop ran George in so they could question him extensively. They ran in George to protect him from the rioters.
See also: run

run something in (for something)

to bring or drive something quickly into a place for some purpose. I have to run my car in for an oil change. I will run in the truck for the mechanic to take a look at it.
See also: run

run in (to something)

1. [for a liquid] to flow into something or a place. The water is running into the basement! It's running in very fast.
2. to enter something or a place on foot, running. The boys ran into the room and out again. They ran in and knocked over a lamp.
3. to stop by a place for a quick visit or to make a purchase quickly. I have to run in the drugstore for a minute. I ran into the store for a loaf of bread. I want to visit Mrs. Potter. I can't stay long. I can only run in for a minute.
See also: run

run in something

to compete in something, such as a race or an election. I will run in the one-hundred-yard dash. I will not run in a race this time. Who will run in this year's election?
See also: run


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Young Brooke thinks so too, and says kindly, "You'll cross a lane after next field; keep down it, and you'll hit the Dunchurch road below the Cock," and then steams away for the run in, in which he's sure to be first, as if he were just starting.
I say to myself: I must just run in and see the dear wise child, and encourage her in her good resolutions.
Six hours the waters run in, and six hours they run out, and the reason is this: when there is higher water in the sea than in the river, they run in until the river gets to be highest, and then it runs out again.
 
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