run-ins in English

noun

1

a disagreement or fight, especially with someone in an official position.

a run-in with armed police in Rio

synonyms: disagreement, argument, dispute, altercation, confrontation, contretemps, quarrel, brush, encounter, tangle, blowup, fight, clash, spat, scrap, row

2

the approach to an action or event.

the final run-in to the World Cup

noun

• disagreement, argument, dispute, altercation, confrontation, contretemps, quarrel, brush, encounter, tangle, blowup, fight, clash, spat, scrap, row
• row, words, wrangle, dustup, quarrel

Use "run-ins" in a sentence

1. The fiery player has had numerous run-ins with referees.

2. There were run-ins with the law for some of that groping and grabbing.

3. Blacks do lag whites in many socioeconomic indicators — but most Blacks don’t live in poverty, don’t have constant run-ins with law enforcement and aren’t uneducated

4. Cubitus (Dommel in Dutch, Wowser in English) is a Belgian comic books series, created by Dupa (1945-2000) in 1968.It's a surreal gag comic strip about a huge white and obese dog and his frequent run-ins with his Absent-Minded Professor boss Sémaphore ("Semafoor" in Dutch, "Professor Dingy" in English) and cat neighbour, Sénéchal ("Balthasar" in Dutch, "Ratso Catso" in English).