Run into problems meaning in English

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Definition

to run into problems: to encounter problems, to face difficulties, to come across trouble idiom
We ran into a problem with your visa application Mister Habu. It has been denied.
It's normal to run into problems from time to time. What matters is how you deal with them.

Examples

  • "Richard : I'm very sorry for any inconvenience, ma'am, but we do run into problems from time to time."
Exercise 1
"We do run into problems from time to time"
Richard is saying that .
"We do run into problems from time to time"
Richard is saying that occasional difficulties are inevitable.
occasional difficulties are inevitable: This is the best choice here. Richard says: "I'm really sorry for any inconvenience, ma'am, but we do run into problems from time to time". This means that once in a while, the tech support center has difficulties repairing and shipping equipment. The expression to "run into problems" is a very common English idiom, which means "to encounter difficulties".
this is the final time this sort of thing will happen: Richard says that it is natural to "run into problems from time to time", but this doesn't suggest that this is the last or final time that an error will occur with their customer support service.
he has started jogging recently, and he finds it quite difficult: The idiom "to run into problems" shouldn't be interpreted literally.
it's a terrible inconvenience to have problems: Although Richard apologizes to Polly for the "inconvenience" of being late on the server delivery, he does not say that "problems" are a terrible inconvenience. In fact, he says that "problems" are a rather normal occurrence.

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