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come across
verb as in encounter, find
Weak matches
Example Sentences
The BBC came across some of his friends in a neighbourhood outside Maputo, holding a night vigil for him on 17 November.
"Drugs appear in many shapes and sizes, but every now and then we come across special things," Dongemond Police said in a translated social media post.
Jane, who has an accountancy background, spent weeks going through invoices and says she came across numerous questionable charges, including more than £38,000 to repair lifts that were only a year old.
It’s in the newspaper that he comes across a classified ad, reading: “Wanted, Investigative Assistant, Male 75-85, Must have phone.”
"I came across a taxi driver carrying a tarpaulin from his boot. And I saw body parts," he said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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