run across sb
informal— phrasal verb with run uk/rʌn/us/rʌn/verb present participle running, past tense ran, past participle run
to meet someone you know when you are not expecting to:
I ran across several old friends when I went back to my hometown.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Meeting people
- appointment
- conclave
- cross
- cross sb's path/cross paths with sb idiom
- deal
- gathering
- hello
- hook
- hook up
- how are things (with you)? idiom
- how do you do? idiom
- it's a date idiom
- known
- massed
- meet
- meeting point
- muster point
- rally
- throw sb together
- tryst
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