run in

[run in] {v. phr.}

1. {informal} To take to jail; arrest.

* /The policeman ran the man in for peddling without a license./

2. To make a brief visit.

* /The neighbor boy ran in for a minute to see Bob's newest model rocket./

Syn.: DROP IN. Compare: STOP OFF.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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