Run into and Stop

Opposite meaning terms

Run into verb - Collide violently with an obstacle.

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Stop is an antonym for run into in topics: extend, bang into, come up against a situation.

Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.

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Run into is an antonym for stop.

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

En route, they run into trouble with pirates, and Indy decides to stop chasing the gem on the advice of Bronislaw Malinkowski.

Source: Grand Unified Timeline / The World Wars
When D'Artagnan orders the other musketeers to stop while they're on a ride, they usually run into each other with their horses.

Source: Western Animation / Albert the Fifth Musketeer
In Persona 2, the party at one point in both games run into an oven trap on their way to stop the Masquerade.

Source: Sauna of Death

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Stop and Run into. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/run_into/stop

Run into & Stop. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/run_into/stop>.

Stop or Run into. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/run_into/stop.

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