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ravi sewani

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" ran against" also means collide with. ..?

Question:
DIRECTIONS:  Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words.


Yesterday there was a serious accident on the Mall Road. A drunks driver was driving a motor car at 40/hours. As the car swept round a __(a)__ corner, it ran __(b)__ a tonga occupied by a woman with an infant in her arms. The tonga was overturned. Happily no one was killed but the woman and the child received __(c)__ injuries. The hostile crowd was so __(d)__ with the driver that all his explanations did not __(e)__ him from being roughed up. It was with great difficulty that he __(f)__. Soon a boy scout __(g)__ on the spot, and provided first aid to the __(h)__ mother and child. A policeman also reached __(i)__ and took down the number of the __(j)__.

Mark the correct option for blank __(b)__.
Options:
A) against
B) into
C) behind
D) with
Solution:
Ans:(b) into

Run into(phrasal verb) means to collide with.

run into someone/something means to hit someone or something by accident while you are driving

Eg: A truck ran into me (=hit my car) at the lights this morning.

 The driver failed to negotiate a bend and ran into a tree.

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