VOCABULARY - IDIOMS
RUN ACROSS
Meaning:
- meet someone by accident - cross something while running - experience a problem you’re not expecting. - find something you weren’t looking for - pay what you owe (come across) - how you project yourself (come across)
Examples:
While cleaning my house, I ran across a book I’d lost.
When I went on vacation, I ran across an old friend.
I finally ran across the notes I was working on under a pile of paperwork.
I came across an old photo of my mother while organizing the attic.
She came across her prom dress while going through old boxes.
While cleaning my house, I ran across a book I’d lost.
When I went on vacation, I ran across an old friend.
I finally ran across the notes I was working on under a pile of paperwork.
I came across an old photo of my mother while organizing the attic.
She came across her prom dress while going through old boxes.