Usually means: Encounter unexpectedly or by accident.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (run into)

verb:  (intransitive but with prepositional object, literally) To enter by running.
verb:  (intransitive but with prepositional object) To collide with.
verb:  (transitive and with prepositional object) To cause to collide with.
verb:  (intransitive but with prepositional object, by extension) To unexpectedly encounter or meet someone or something (literally or figuratively).
verb:  (intransitive but with prepositional object, dated, of flowing water) To reach, to flow into (a body of water).
verb:  (intransitive but with prepositional object) To blend into; to be followed by or adjacent to without there being a clear boundary.
verb:  (transitive and with prepositional object) To cause to blend into.
verb:  To reach a large figure.

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