run across

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

run across (third-person singular simple present runs across, present participle running across, simple past ran across, past participle run across)

1. To cross by running.

   The police ran across the bridge to catch the criminal.

2. (idiomatic) To find or discover by chance; to come across.

   Synonym: encounter

   While I was cleaning the kitchen cupboards, I ran across Mother's recipe for Cornish game hens.

Translations

to cross by running

• Czech: přeběhnout přes
• Finnish: juosta ... poikki, juosta ... yli
• German: über ... rennen
• Macedonian: претрчува (pretrčuva)
• Polish: przebiegać (pl) impf, przebiec (pl) pf
• Portuguese: passar correndo

to find by chance — see come across