to meet somebody by chance
1meet — meet1 W1S1 [mi:t] v past tense and past participle met [met] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(see somebody at an arranged place)¦ 2¦(see somebody by chance)¦ 3¦(see somebody for the first time)¦ 4¦(see somebody at an airport/station etc)¦ 5¦(come together to discuss… …
2chance upon — verb find unexpectedly the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb she struck a goldmine The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake • Syn: ↑fall upon, ↑strike, ↑come upon, ↑light upon, ↑ …
3chance on somebody — ˈchance on/upon sb/sth derived (formal) to find or meet sb/sth unexpectedly or by chance • One day he chanced upon Emma s diary and began reading it. Main entry: ↑chancederived …
4chance upon somebody — ˈchance on/upon sb/sth derived (formal) to find or meet sb/sth unexpectedly or by chance • One day he chanced upon Emma s diary and began reading it. Main entry: ↑chancederived …
5meet up with — verb meet with by appointment (Freq. 2) She met up with her former lover • Hypernyms: ↑meet • Verb Frames: Somebody s somebody * * * phrasal : to encounter by chance * * * meet up with [ …
6bump into somebody — ˌbump ˈinto sb derived (informal) to meet sb by chance • I bumped into Simon this morning. Main entry: ↑bumpderived …
7come across somebody — ˈcome across sb/sth derived no passive to meet or find sb/sth by chance • I came across children sleeping under bridges. • She came across some old photographs in a drawer. Main entry: ↑comederived …
8come on somebody — ˈcome on/upon sb/sth derived no passive (formal) to meet or find sb/sth by chance Main entry: ↑comederived …
9cross somebody's path — ˌcross sb s ˈpath | people s ˌpaths ˈcross idiom if sb crosses sb s path or their paths cross, they meet by chance • I hope I never cross her path again. • Our paths were to cross again many years later. Main entry: ↑crossidiom …
10run across somebody — ˈrun across sb/sth derived to meet sb or find sth by chance Main entry: ↑runderived …
