Know your English | What are the various usages of the phrase ‘come across’?
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“How was your weekend? Did you finish going through the stuff in your old suitcases?”
“Managed to go through a couple. Both contained a lot of stuff from my college days, and…”
“Did you come across anything interesting? Something that made you stop and…”
“Come across? What exactly do you mean?”
“The expression has several different meanings. When you come across something or someone, you find something or meet someone accidentally.”
“In other words, when you come across an individual, you meet him unexpectedly. It wasn’t a planned meeting.”
“That’s right!”
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