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Run Afoul

Definition: Run Afoul

Run Afoul

Verb

1. Go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afould of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Run Afoul

Synonyms: conflict (v), contravene (v), infringe (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Run Afoul

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Opposition

Verb: oppose, counteract, run counter to; withstand; (resist); control; (restrain); hinder; antagonize, oppugn, fly in the face of, go dead against, kick against, fall afoul of, run afoul of; set against, pit against; face, confront, cope with; make a stand, make a dead set against; set oneself against, set one's face against; protest against, vote against, raise one;s voice against; disfavor, turn one's back upon; set at naught, slap in the face, slam the door in one's face.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Run Afoul

English words defined with "run afoul": To run afoul of. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Run Afoul

SubjectTopicQuote

Civil Liberties

Eritrea

Applications to return from citizens living abroad who have run afoul of the law, contracted a serious contagious disease, or been declared ineligible for political asylum by other governments, are considered on a case-by-case basis. (references)

Political Economy

OMAN

U.S. exporters sometimes run afoul of dual language labeling requirements or, because of long shipping periods, have trouble complying with shelf-life requirements. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: Run Afoul

Expression using "run afoul": To run afoul of. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Run Afoul

Language Translations for "run afoul"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

nehézségei támadnak vmi miatt (to run afoul of sg), belebonyolódik vmibe (to run afoul of sg), beleütközik vmibe (to blunder against sg, to blunder into sg, to butt against sg, to come up against sg, to hurtle into sg, to run afoul of sg). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

unray afoulay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Run Afoul

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-f-l-n-o-r-u-u"

-2 letters: unfurl.

-3 letters: afoul, flora, flour, fluor, furan, loran, lunar, ulnar.

-4 letters: fano, farl, faro, faun, flan, foal, fora, foul, four, furl, loaf, loan, lorn, lour, luau, luna, nurl, oral, roan, rolf, ulan, ulna, unau.

-5 letters: arf, fan, far, flu, fon, for, fou, fro, fun, fur, lar, nor, oaf, oar, ora, our, ran, run, ulu.

 Words containing the letters "a-f-l-n-o-r-u-u"
 

+3 letters: fulguration.

 

+4 letters: fulgurations, sulfonylurea, unformulated.

 

+5 letters: sulfonylureas, unfortunately.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Run Afoul


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 75 6E      41 66 6F 75 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01110101 01101110 00100000 01000001 01100110 01101111 01110101 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#117 &#110 &#32 &#65 &#102 &#111 &#117 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0075 006E      0041 0066 006F 0075 006C

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

52878023572818778

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Non-fiction 		5. Expressions
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography 		9. Bibliography


  

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