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Another word for run-in

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Noun

  1. A discussion, often heated, in which a difference of opinion is expressed

    See also:

    conflict

  2. A brief, hostile exposure to or contact with something such as danger or opposition

    See also:

    touch

Verb
  1. See also:

    run

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Sentence Examples

  • The character will run in the direction you tap.

  • Itching to relieve some of her own nervous energy after the run-in with the vamps, she'd reached the door when Jonny spoke again.

  • Lon—my husband—has had his own run-in with Czerno.

  • Rather than taking souls and risking a run-in with him or his dealers, the demons snatched the dead or killed whomever they wanted and brought them here, where they'd have more time for soul extraction.

  • He looked as if he.d survived a run-in with a blender.

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