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Run in
Meaning
Adj
●
In Typography:
Alternative form of
run-in
(adj) (styled
open
when in
predicative
position)
(not
comparable
) Having been
run
in before
or behind
previous
text.
●
In Engineering:
Alternative form of
run-in
(adj) (styled
open
when in
predicative
position)
(sometimes
comparable
) Having been
run in
to
seat
the parts.
Noun
●
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
●
To
arrest
; (especially) to
track down
and
arrest
.
●
In British English:
To use new
machinery
at
less than
full
speed
,
preventing
damage.
●
To
start
a new
regime
slowly.
●
In Rugby:
To
score
(a try).
●
In Printing & Typography:
To
insert
(a
word
, etc.) without making a
line break
or new
paragraph
(so that it is not free-hanging).
●
In Printing:
To
alter
the
position
of
matter
to
fill
vacant
space.
●
In Forms linking to themselves:
simple past
and
past participle
of
run
in
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Synonyms
Broken In
Break In
Phase In
Antonyms
Free-Hanging
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