run across

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

run across

1. To cross by running.

   The police ran across the bridge to catch the criminal.

2. (idiomatic) To find or discover by chance.

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

Translations

to cross by running

• Czech: přeběhnout přes
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• Macedonian: претрчува (pretrčuva)

to find by chance

• Czech: narazit na
• Macedonian: налетува (naletuva)
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• Russian: наткнуться (ru) (natknutʹsja), натыкаться (ru) (natykatʹsja)