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run-in (iou)



run-in noun. M19.
[from run in s.v. RUN verb.]
An act of running in; spec. (Rugby Football) an act of running over the touch-line of the opposite side with the ball. M19.
A quarrel, a row; a fight. Chiefly in have a run-in (with). colloq. E20.
The approach of an aircraft to a dropping-point or landing-place. M20.
transf. An introductory statement or event. Also = RUN-UP 2d. M20.
A place for storing stolen goods. Criminals' slang. M20.
Comb.: run-in groove on a gramophone record, the blank groove traversing the annular area outside the grooves carrying the recording; run-in shed US an open-fronted shelter in which horses are housed.