to run to meet sb
1run across — ► run across meet or find by chance. Main Entry: ↑run …
2run across — verb come together (Freq. 2) I ll probably see you at the meeting How nice to see you again! • Syn: ↑meet, ↑run into, ↑encounter, ↑come across, ↑see …
3run — v. & n. v. (running; past ran; past part. run) 1 intr. go with quick steps on alternate feet, never having both or all feet on the ground at the same time. 2 intr. flee, abscond. 3 intr. go or travel hurriedly, briefly, etc. 4 intr. a advance by… …
4run — verb (runs, running, ran ran; past participle run) 1》 move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all feet on the ground at the same time. ↘enter or be entered in a race. ↘(of hounds) chase or hunt their quarry. ↘(of a… …
5meet — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. encounter, intersect; oppose; greet, welcome; satisfy; refute; assemble, gather; contend. See agreement, assemblage, contact. adj. fitting. See expedience. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. fitting, apt,… …
6run — {{11}}run (n.) spell of running, mid 15c. (earlier ren, late 14c.), from RUN (Cf. run) (v.). Sense of small stream first recorded 1580s, mostly Northern English dialect and Amer.Eng. Meaning series or rush of demands on a bank, etc. is first… …
7run across sb — UK US run across sb Phrasal Verb with run({{}}/rʌn/ verb (running, ran, run) ► to meet someone without planning to: »After a couple of hours, I finally ran across someone who could help me …
8run into sb — UK US run into sb Phrasal Verb with run({{}}/rʌn/ verb (running, ran, run) ► to meet someone you know when you are not expecting to: »I ran into my boss at the supermarket …
9run upon — phrasal to run across ; meet with …
10run upon — phrasal : to run across : meet with …