run into a brick wall

To come up against an immovable or insurmountable difficulty or obstacle. Our project was going well, but we run into a brick wall when our funding was suddenly cut.

See also: brick, run, wall

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hit a brick wall
run into a stone wall
hit a stone wall
brick wall
come up against
come up against (something)
hell or high water
by hell or high water
wall

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run for the hills
Run for the Roses
run foul of
run foul of (someone or something)
run from
run from (someone or something)
run from (someone or something) to (someone or something
run from to
run full-tilt boogie
run game on (someone)
run head against a brick wall
run high
run hot and cold
run in
run in (one's) blood
run in circles
run in place
run in the blood
run in the blood/family, to
run in the family
run in the/(one's) blood
run in the/(one's) family
run interference
run into
run into (someone, something, or some place)
run into a brick wall
run into a roadblock
run into a stone wall
run into debt
run into headwinds
run into the ground
run into the sand
run it down
run it down (to one)
run it down for (one)
run it up the flagpole (and see who salutes)
run it up the flagpole (and see who salutes), let's
run its course
run its course, to
run late
run like a chicken with its head cut off
run like a dream
run like a headless chicken
run like a top
run like butter
run like clockwork
run like clockwork, to
run like hell
run like hell (away) from (someone or something)
run like stink
run like the clappers
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run in the blood
run in the blood/family
run in the blood/family, to
run in the family
run in the/ blood
run in the/ family
run in the/(one's) blood
run in the/(one's) family
run in their blood
run in their family
run in your blood
run in your family
run interference
run interference
run interference
run interference
run interference
run interference
run interference
run into
run into
run into
run into
run into
run into
run into
run into (one)
run into (some place)
run into (someone, something, or some place)
run into (something)
run into a brick wall
run into a roadblock
run into a roadblock, to
run into a stone wall
run into debt
run into headwinds
run into headwinds, to
run into her
run into him
run into me
run into one
run into roadblocks, to
run into somebody
run into someone
run into someplace
run into something
run into somewhere
run into the ground
run into the ground
run into the ground
run into the ground
run into the ground
run into the sand
run into the sand
run into the sand
run into the sand
run into them
run into us
run into you
run it back
run it back over
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