What does run across mean?

run across means "come together".

What is another word for run across?

Close synonyms include meet, run into, encounter, come across, see. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is run across a common word?

run across is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

run across — meaning, pronunciation and definition

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
come together
“I'll probably see you at the meeting”
“How nice to see you again!”
Synonymsmeet run into encounter come across see
Narrowerintersect

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