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Alternative form of run-in (adjective) (styled open when in predicative position)
(not comparable) Having been run in before or behind previous text.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: adjective, error-misspelling, not-comparable, participle, usually
Topics: communications, editing, journalism, literature, media, publishing, typography, writing
Examples
- These headings are run in because a free-hanging style would just be a waste of column inches.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: free-hanging
Alternative form of run-in (adjective) (styled open when in predicative position)
(sometimes comparable) Having been run in to seat the parts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: adjective, error-misspelling, not-comparable, participle, usually
Topics: engineering, mechanical, mechanical-engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Examples
- The engine should be well run in before its heavy working life begins.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: broken in
Antonyms: none provided
Alternative spelling of run-in (omitting the hyphens from nouns of this type is nonstandard in formal publications but widely seen in unedited writing)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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To arrest; (especially) to track down and arrest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
Qualifier: chiefly passive voice
Examples
- 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, transitive
Examples
- I have to drive slowly for the first 1,000 miles to run the engine in.
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Synonyms: break in
Antonyms: none provided
To start a new regime slowly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Synonyms: phase in
Antonyms: none provided
To score (a try).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, rugby, sports
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To insert (a word, etc.) without making a line break or new paragraph (so that it is not free-hanging).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, printing, publishing, typography
Examples
- With these subsections, it is better to run their headings in.
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To alter the position of matter to fill vacant space.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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simple past and past participle of run in
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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