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come across

(EXPRESS) phrasal verb with come
 
 
/kʌm/ verb (came, come)

Definition

C2 If an idea or emotion comes across in writing, film, music, or when someone is speaking, it is expressed clearly and people notice it: What comes across in his later poetry is a great sense of sadness.Easy to understand
(Definition of come across (EXPRESS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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