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Run across

To cross by running.

📖 Definitions of "Run across"

verb
  1. 1

    To cross by running.

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

  2. 2

    To find or discover by chance.

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

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