run-in en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹʌnˌɪn/
- (US) audio
Etymology
Derived from the verb run into. For the meaning "end-phase", it presumably comes a marathon race, where in the final part the runners run into the stadium and complete a lap.
Meanings
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An encounter; a scrape or brush, especially one involving trouble or difficulty.
During that time he had two more run-ins with the law. One involved the sale of stolen property. The other was for a series of hot checks.
2004, Pamela Morsi, Suburban Renewal, page 95:
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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
But despite its plague of tunnels, the run-in on this route is of unusual interest to the locomotive enthusiast: besides the hordes of self-important saddle-tanks shunting in the extensive yards, there was at one time the chance of seeing those slender little North London engines, with their large outside cylinders and no visible storage place for coal, and also an occasional South Eastern locomotive sporting a lot of polished brass.
1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 704:
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A sudden compression between two coupled railcars when the hinder one is moving faster than the fore one.
Researchers noted no unusual events (e.g., knuckle breaks) or notable instances of significant slack action or run-ins/run-outs at the lead locomotive during the test.
2024, Srini Swamy, Graydon F. Booth, Anand Prabhakaran, Very Long Trains: Moving Train Tests, Federal Railroad Administration:Brake pipe pressure reduction rates of over 30 psi/sec lasting for about 15 milliseconds were created by harsh slack run-ins.
1990, F. G. Carlson, Undesired Emergency Brake Applications, Association of American Railroad Research and Test Department:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| run-ins | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (5)
nl finale (end-phase of a competition) · ru сты́чка (an encounter; a scrape or brush) · es roce (an encounter; a scrape or brush) · cic ittafama (an encounter; a scrape or brush) · es encontronazo (an encounter; a scrape or brush)