run in

== English == === Adjective === run in (not generally comparable, comparative more run in, superlative most run in) Alternative form of run-in (adjective) (styled open when in predicative position) (participial adjective; editing, typography) (not comparable) Having been run in before or behind previous text. Antonym: free-hanging (participial adjective; mechanical, engineering) (sometimes comparable) Having been run in to seat the parts. Synonym: broken in (adjective) === Noun === run in (plural run ins) 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 === run in (third-person singular simple present runs in, present participle running in, simple past ran in, past participle run in) (transitive, informal, chiefly passive voice) To arrest; (especially) to track down and arrest. Coordinate term: run down (transitive, UK) To use new machinery at less than full speed, preventing damage. Synonym: break in (transitive sense) (figuratively) To start a new regime slowly. Synonym: phase in (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). Coordinate term: run down (printing) To alter the position of matter to fill vacant space. simple past and past participle of run in ==== References ==== (arrest): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary “run in”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === inrun, inurn