run across sth
informal — phrasal verb with run /rʌn/ verb (present participle running, past tense ran, past participle run)Definition
› to experience a problem when you are not expecting to: We've run across a slight problem with the instruction manual.Meeting peopleOfficial meetings
(Definition of run across sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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run (sth) down phrasal verb (LOSE POWER)
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run (sth) down phrasal verb (REDUCE)
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run (sth) into sth/sb phrasal verb
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run a mile idiom
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run across sb phrasal verb
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run after sb phrasal verb
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run after sb/sth phrasal verb
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run after sth phrasal verb
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run against sb/sth phrasal verb
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run aground/ashore idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- appointment noun (ARRANGEMENT)
- blind date noun
- farewell exclamation
- farewell noun
- gathering noun
- hello exclamation, noun
- how are things (with you)? idiom
- how do you do? idiom
- how's tricks? idiom
- it's a date idiom
- meet verb (COME TOGETHER)
- meet verb (PLACE)
- meeting point noun
- paths cross idiom
- pay your respects idiom
- rally noun (MEETING)
- rendezvous noun
- same to you idiom
- see you (later) idiom
- there are plenty more fish in the sea idiom
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