run across

verb — 2 senses

run across

verb
1

To cross by running.

  • The police ran across the bridge to catch the criminal.
2

Idiomatic To find or discover by chance; to come across.

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

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