Word Study
run across
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb run across has 1 sense
- run across(v = verb.motion) come across, encounter, meet, run into, see - come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
THESAURUS
run across
alight upon, blunder upon, bump into, chance upon, come across, come among, come on, come up against, come upon, confront, discover serendipitously, encounter, fall across, fall among, fall foul of, fall in with, fall upon, happen upon, hit upon, light upon, meet, meet head-on, meet up with, meet with, pitch upon, run into, run smack into, run up against, run upon, stumble on, stumble upon, tumble on
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