run-in
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Synonyms: run in, run-on, runnin, runin
Antonyms: run in, run-on, runnin, runin
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Noun
- An encounter; a scrape or brush, especially one involving trouble or difficulty.
- The end-phase of a competition etc.
- Yahoo Sport's Leicester City blogger Helen Nutter gets ready for the Premier League run-in knowing her side - incredibly - still have a great chance of being crowned champions
- A sudden compression between two coupled railcars when the hinder one is moving faster than the fore one.
Adjective
- Having been run in before or behind previous text.
- These headings are of the run-in type because a free-hanging style would just be a waste of column inches.
- Having been run in to seat the parts.
- A well run-in engine is likelier to consume less crankcase oil over the course of its working life.
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