SINCE 1828
fall/run afoul of
idiomDefinition of fall/run afoul of
chiefly US
: to get into trouble because of not obeying or following (the law, a rule, etc.) After leaving home he fell afoul of the law. an investor who has run afoul of stock market rules
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