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run across — (someone) to meet someone without planning to. You don t run across many people who don t own a TV … New idioms dictionary
run across — (something) to find something without specifically looking for it. While looking for a present for my father, I ran across the most interesting book … New idioms dictionary
run across — ► run across meet or find by chance. Main Entry: ↑run … English terms dictionary
run across — index find (discover) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
run across — verb come together (Freq. 2) I ll probably see you at the meeting How nice to see you again! • Syn: ↑meet, ↑run into, ↑encounter, ↑come across, ↑see … Useful english dictionary
run across — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms run across : present tense I/you/we/they run across he/she/it runs across present participle running across past tense ran across past participle run across run across someone/something to find something or to … English dictionary
run across sb — UK US run across sb Phrasal Verb with run({{}}/rʌn/ verb (running, ran, run) ► to meet someone without planning to: »After a couple of hours, I finally ran across someone who could help me … Financial and business terms
run across — we never expected to run across Mrs. Gundlach at the casino Syn: meet, meet by chance, come across, run into, chance on/upon, stumble on/upon, happen on/upon; informal bump into … Thesaurus of popular words
run across — PHRASAL VERB If you run across someone or something, you meet them or find them unexpectedly. [V P n] We ran across some old friends in the village. Syn: come across … English dictionary
run across someone — run across (someone) to meet someone without planning to. You don t run across many people who don t own a TV … New idioms dictionary
run across something — run across (something) to find something without specifically looking for it. While looking for a present for my father, I ran across the most interesting book … New idioms dictionary
