Help and Run into

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Help verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

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Run into is an antonym for help.

Nearby Words: helpful, helped, helpless, helper, helping

Run into verb - Collide violently with an obstacle.

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Help is an antonym for run into in topics: bang into, come up against a situation, approach for conversation or solicitation.

Castle of Cagliostro featured a monkey-like thief who attempts to rob a corrupt kingdom, only to run into and help the princess as she tries to flee her own country.

Source: Video Game / Final Fantasy IX
Naturally, when Lillian, who actually is a normal human child, is injured and needs medical help, Sylvester and Jamie run into problems convincing the people they go to for help that it's not a trap.

Source: Crying Wolf
Even worse, most of the stuff you can run into will have at least minor explosions, but god help you if you run into a bus or a tanker truck.

Source: Every Car Is a Pinto

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