run across

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to meet someone by chance

   Prepositional verb · Inseparable

   run across someone

   Usage: The person met by chance follows across: run across an old friend. This retained sense is not literal running across a surface.

   I sometimes run across former classmates while shopping at the weekend market.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   I sometimes run across former classmates while shopping at the weekend market.

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