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runs across

runs across is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 runs across

What is runs across the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Runs across is the third-person singular simple present indicative of run across.

Words near runs across in the dictionary

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

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