run across
run across verb: to cross by running.
Verb
run across (third-person singular simple present runs across, present participle running across, simple past ran across, past participle run across)
- To cross by running.
- The police ran across the bridge to catch the criminal.
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- encounter
run across meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
run across in Malayalam
- come across, meet (by chance), run into
- യാദൃശ്ചികമായി കണ്ടുമുട്ടുക, ആകസ്മികമായി കണ്ടുമുട്ടുക, അവിചാരിതമായി കണ്ടെത്തുക, യദൃച്ഛയാ കൂട്ടിമുട്ടുക, നിനച്ചിരിക്കാതെ കണ്ടുമുട്ടുക, നിനച്ചിരിക്കാതെ കണ്ടുപിടിക്കുക
run across in Kannada
- ಅಕಸ್ಮಾತ್ ಭೇಟಿಯಾಗು, ಇದ್ದಕ್ಕಿದ್ದಂತೆ ಕಾಣು
Synonyms of run across
Forms of run across
| third-person singular present | runs across |
|---|---|
| present participle | running across |
| past | ran across |
| past participle | run across |
Questions about run across
- What does run across mean?
- Run across means to cross by running.
- What is run across in Tamil?
- Run across in Tamil is ஓடு. See Run across meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is run across?
- Run across is a verb.
- What is the past tense of run across?
- The past tense of run across is ran across.
Words near run across in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: run across (page history and authors); run across (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); run across (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); run across (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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