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run into a brick wall

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

to encounter an insurmountable barrier or obstacle to progress

idiomatic, transitive

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

run into one run into the ground run it up run it up the flagpole, to see who salutes run its course run late

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