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Run across

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  1. 1
    To cross by running.

    "The police ran across the bridge to catch the criminal."

  2. 2
    come together wordnet
  3. 3
    To find or discover by chance; to come across. idiomatic

    "While I was cleaning the kitchen cupboards, I ran across Mother's recipe for Cornish game hens."

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