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Run in

adj, noun, verb, slang

Adjective

1
Alternative form of run-in (adjective) (styled open when in predicative position); (not comparable) Having been run in before or behind previous text. adjective, error-misspelling, not-comparable, participle, usually
"These headings are run in because a free-hanging style would just be a waste of column inches."
2
Alternative form of run-in (adjective) (styled open when in predicative position); (sometimes comparable) Having been run in to seat the parts. adjective, error-misspelling, not-comparable, participle, usually
"The engine should be well run in before its heavy working life begins."

Noun

1
Alternative spelling of run-in (omitting the hyphens from nouns of this type is nonstandard in formal publications but widely seen in unedited writing) alt-of, alternative

Verb

1
To arrest; (especially) to track down and arrest. informal, transitive
"The guys who robbed the bank last week have finally been run in."
2
To use new machinery at less than full speed, preventing damage. British, transitive
"I have to drive slowly for the first 1,000 miles to run the engine in."
3
To start a new regime slowly. figuratively
4
To score (a try).
"Toeava went over unopposed to stretch his side's lead but Japan got on the scoreboard on 56 minutes, wing Hirotoki Onozawa intercepting an attempted offload from Slade, who had a rather flaky game, and running in from the All Blacks' 10m line."
5
To insert (a word, etc.) without making a line break or new paragraph (so that it is not free-hanging).
"With these subsections, it is better to run their headings in."

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