come across a friend

  • 1Come Across — is the fifth album by Australian indie rock band Bluebottle Kiss, released in 2003. Tracklisting Scouthall Everything begins and ends at exactly the right time Something tiny Last playboy in town Slow train to a comfy jail Can I keep you? So slow …

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  • 2come on — {v.} 1. To begin; appear. * /Rain came on toward morning./ * /He felt a cold coming on./ 2. To grow or do well; thrive. * /The wheat was coming on./ * /His business came on splendidly./ 3. or[come upon]. To meet accidentally; encounter; find. *… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 3come on — {v.} 1. To begin; appear. * /Rain came on toward morning./ * /He felt a cold coming on./ 2. To grow or do well; thrive. * /The wheat was coming on./ * /His business came on splendidly./ 3. or[come upon]. To meet accidentally; encounter; find. *… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 4come — v. 1) (d; intr.) to come across ( to meet by chance ) (to come across an old friend) 2) (d; intr.) to come at ( to attack ) (he came at me with a knife) 3) (d; intr.) to come between ( to alienate ); ( to separate ) (to come between two friends)… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 5come — come1 [ kʌm ] (past tense came [ keım ] ; past participle come) verb *** ▸ 1 move/travel (to here) ▸ 2 reach particular state ▸ 3 start doing something ▸ 4 reach particular point ▸ 5 be received ▸ 6 happen ▸ 7 exist or be produced ▸ 8 be… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 6come — /kum/, v., came, come, coming, n. v.i. 1. to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don t come any closer! 2. to arrive by movement or in the course of progress: The train from Boston is coming. 3. to approach or arrive… …

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  • 7across — /euh kraws , euh kros /, prep. 1. from one side to the other of: a bridge across a river. 2. on or to the other side of; beyond: across the sea. 3. into contact with; into the presence of, usually by accident: to come across an old friend; to run …

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  • 8across — a•cross [[t]əˈkrɔs, əˈkrɒs[/t]] prep. 1) from one side to the other of: a bridge across a river[/ex] 2) on or to the other side of; beyond: across the sea[/ex] 3) into contact with; into the presence of, usu. by accident: to come across an old… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 9come\ on — v 1. To begin; appear. Rain came on toward morning. He felt a cold coming on. 2. To grow or do well; thrive. The wheat was coming on. His business came on splendidly. 3. or come upon. To meet accidentally; encounter; find. He came on an old… …

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  • 10come upon — phrasal to meet or find by chance ; come across < came upon an old friend > …

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