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NOUN
  1. an angry dispute
    they had words
    they had a quarrel

How To Use run-in In A Sentence

  • Ships of our navy have had occasional run-ins with pirates and marauders, but war for us is like the vaguest memory.
  • In the past 14 months on the job he has had more than a few run-ins with deadly snakes, including having a copperhead curl up near his bare feet in his small apartment in the ranch's horse barn.
  • It could fill them with confidence for the run-in and be the catalyst for the Gunners to end their trophy drought. The Sun
  • It turns out that Midge, over the past few years, has turned into a heroin junkie and in fact tracked down Don and staged a fake run-in to try to lure him into buying a painting to pay for her next fix. Samantha Zalaznick: Mad Men Recap: Don Strikes Back
  • By his own account, his nephew is no choirboy, he has had his run-ins with the law - at least two court cases are pending.
  • I did not relish a run-in with the "cupper," having no idea what it was intended to cup. Archive 2010-08-01
  • Michael got drunk and had a run-in with the police.
  • They offered their team the pace and width that could prove crucial in the run-in. The Sun
  • It takes only a long click on the application icon then selecting / deselecting the run-in compatibility mode icon to give it a try.
  • For uninterested spectators scattered about the arena, they are also a distraction from tennis that does not consistently enthral at this Cincinnati Masters, an old tournament admirably spruced up and repackaged to make a fit with the run-in to the US Open. Andy Murray snuffs out recovery by Jérémy Chardy to win in Cincinnati
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