cross paths
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[edit]cross paths (third-person singular simple present crosses paths, present participle crossing paths, simple past and past participle crossed paths)
- (idiomatic, of two things or people) To be, by chance, in the same physical place at the same time, as a result of two completely separate journeys; to encounter or meet each other.
- 2004 August 5, SFGate.com[1]:
- Presidential campaigns cross paths in up-for-grabs Iowa.
- 2017 October 2, "Las Vegas shooting: At least 58 dead at Mandalay Bay Hotel", in bbc.com, BBC:
- Paddock came from the small town of Mesquite, some 60 miles (100 km) north-east of Las Vegas, and had resided in the hotel since 28 September. Police in Mesquite have searched his premises and recovered a number of weapons. But they say he had not crossed paths with the police in the past.