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Originally Posted by kirimaru  Both of them have the same meaning "to meet accidentally " How can I distinguish them ? Please help me .
I have an example from a multiple choice exercise
This morning I run .......Tom ,an old friend on my way to school .
A. into B. across
I do not know which to choose because I cannot distinguish them  |
susiedqq's disticntion is perfect but let me expand a little bit on them.
run into
sth=to reach a particular cost or amount, as a total:
The repairs will probably run into thousands of pounds.
run into
sth
If you run into problems, you begin to experience them:
We ran into bad weather/debt/trouble.