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run across

British  

verb

  1. (intr, preposition) to meet unexpectedly; encounter by chance

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
run across Idioms  

  1. see come across, def. 1.

Example Sentences

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Pope, dropped after 125 runs across six innings in this series, had 16 innings against Australia and did not pass 50.

From BBC

Cause and effect run across many scales at once, from ion channels to dendrites to circuits to whole-brain dynamics, and these levels do not behave like independent modules stacked in layers.

From Science Daily

Chase scored just 42 runs across six innings in the series, an average of seven.

From Barron's

"I got to run across Sydney Harbour Bridge with the Opera House in view and I even saved a goat from being stuck in a fence."

From BBC

Adds Taylor: “I was running across a field with a machine gun in my hand, running and jumping. I really thought I was Tom Cruise.”

From Los Angeles Times

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