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running across

running across is the present participle and gerund of run across.

Meaning of run across

Verb

run across (third-person singular simple present runs across, present participle running across, simple past ran across, past participle 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; to come across.
    • While I was cleaning the kitchen cupboards, I ran across Mother's recipe for Cornish game hens.
    Synonyms:
    encounter

Questions about running across

What is running across the present participle and gerund of?
Running across is the present participle and gerund of run across.

Words near running across in the dictionary

  1. running a risk
  2. running a temperature
  3. running a train
  4. running about
  5. running about with
  6. running across
  7. running adrift
  8. running afoul of
  9. running after
  10. running against
  11. running aground

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