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run-in

[ruhn-in]
–noun
1. a quarrel; argument.
2. Printing. matter that is added to a text, esp. without indenting for a new paragraph.
–adjective
3. Printing. added to a text without indenting.

Origin:
1900–05; n., adj. use of v. phrase run in
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run-in   (rŭn'ĭn')
n.  
  1. A quarrel or an argument.

  2. Printing Matter added to a text.

adj.   Printing
Having been added to or inserted into a text.
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