Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - Saigontre

un into (something)
- to add up to something, to total something
If you decide to stay in expensive hotels during your holiday it will run into a lot of
money.
run into (something)
- to mix with something, to join with something
During the hot weather the red paint ran into the white paint.
run into (something - a fact/difficulty/problems/trouble)
- to experience something, to encounter something
I ran into trouble when I tried to cross the border with no visa.
I ran into several facts about dinosaurs last night.
run like clockwork
- to run or progress very well
The new production system runs like clockwork.
run low on (something)
- to near the end of a supply of something
We are running low on rice so I must buy some soon.
run-of-the-mill
- ordinary, usual
The restaurant was in a run-of-the-mill building but the food was superb.
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