Usually means: Encounter unexpectedly or by chance.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. run across: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. run across: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. run across: Collins English Dictionary
  4. run across: Vocabulary.com
  5. run across: Wiktionary
  6. run across: Dictionary.com
  7. run across: Rhymezone
  8. run across: Free Dictionary
  9. run across: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. run across: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. run across: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. run across: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. run across: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (run across)

verb:  To cross by running.
verb:  (idiomatic) To find or discover by chance; to come across.

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