run in
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run in
adjective more run in · most run in
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(not comparable) Having been run in before or behind previous text.
These headings are run in because a free-hanging style would just be a waste of column inches.
Opposite: free-hanging
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(sometimes comparable) Having been run in to seat the parts.
The engine should be well run in before its heavy working life begins.
Similar: broken in
noun 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 runs in · running in · ran in · run in
- To arrest; (especially) to track down and arrest. The guys who robbed the bank last week have finally been run in.
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To use new machinery at less than full speed, preventing damage.
I have to drive slowly for the first 1,000 miles to run the engine in.
Similar: break in
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To start a new regime slowly.
Similar: phase in
- To score (a try). Toeava went over unopposed to stretch his side's lead but Japan got on the scoreboard on 56 minutes, wing Hirotoki Onozawa intercepting an attempted offload from Slade, who had a rather flaky game, and running in from the All Blacks' 10m line.
- To insert (a word, etc.) without making a line break or new paragraph (so that it is not free-hanging). With these subsections, it is better to run their headings in.
- To alter the position of matter to fill vacant space.
- simple past and past participle of run in
Talk about this word "run in." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/run%20in. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. run in. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/run%20in "run in." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/run%20in.Cite this
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title = {run in},
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