COME ACROSS


Meaning of COME ACROSS in English

I. phrasal

: to meet, find, or encounter especially by chance

researchers have come across important new evidence

II. intransitive verb

Date: 1878

1. : to give over or furnish something demanded ; especially : to pay over money

2. : to produce an impression

comes across as a good speaker

3. : come through 2

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.