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Synonyms for run-in

Most common

dust-up quarrel wrangle break-in

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Noun

Antonyms

free-hanging

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Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An encounter; a scrape or brush, especially one involving trouble or difficulty.

Related words

Other spellings
run in

Forms

Plural
run-ins → dust-ups, quarrels, rows, wrangles…

Example sentences

  • quarrel The quarrel left a gulf between the two families.
  • wrangle This contract dispute turned into a legal wrangle.

By length

3 letters
row1
5 letters
words1
7 letters
quarrel2, wrangle2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (quarrel2 = 2 syllables).