If you ~ someone or something, you meet them or find them unexpectedly.
We ran across some old friends in the village.
= come across
PHRASAL VERB: V P n
If you ~ someone or something, you meet them or find them unexpectedly.
We ran across some old friends in the village.
= come across
PHRASAL VERB: V P n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012