run across
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Pronunciation[edit]
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Verb[edit]
run across (third-person singular simple present runs across, present participle running across, simple past ran across, past participle run across)
- To cross by running.
- The police ran across the bridge to catch the criminal.
- (idiomatic) To find or discover by chance; to come across.
- While I was cleaning the kitchen cupboards, I ran across Mother's recipe for Cornish game hens.
- Synonym: encounter
Translations[edit]
to cross by running
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to find by chance — see come across