run in

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verb

Definition of RUN IN

1

to make a brief visit <I just thought I'd run in and pick up my package>

Synonyms come by, come over, drop by, drop in, pop (in), run (over), run in, step in, stop (by or in), visit

Related Words barge (in); look up, see; bop (into), happen (by); frequent, hang (at), haunt, resort (to)

2

to take or keep under one's control by authority of law <if we catch you shoplifting again, we're going to run you in>

Synonyms apprehend, bust [slang], collar, nab, nail, nick [British slang], pick up, pinch, pull in, restrain, run in, seize

Related Words bag, capture, catch, get, grab, grapple, hook, land, snap (up), snare, snatch, trap; commit, confine, detain, hold, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, jug, lock (up); bind, enchain, fetter, handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel; rearrest; remand

Near Antonyms emancipate, free, liberate, loose, loosen, release, spring; unbind, unchain

Antonyms discharge