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[come across]
{v.} 1. or [run across] To find or meet by chance.
He came across a dollar
bill in the suit he was sending to the cleaner.
The other day I ran across a
book that you might like.
I came across George at a party last week; it was
the first time I had seen him in months.
Compare: COME ON (3), RUN INTO (3b).
2.
To give or do what is asked.
The robber told the woman to come across with her
purse.
For hours the police questioned the man suspected of kidnapping the
child, and finally he came across with the
story.
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