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come across

 
part of speech: phrase
definition: When you come across something, you discover or notice it just by chance. When you come across some person, you meet them without expecting to meet them.
Amy came across an old picture of her dad when she was looking for an envelope in one of her mom's drawers Her dad looked really young in the picture.Jake was surprised to come across his music teacher at the grocery store.
synonyms:
discover, encounter, find, happen upon
similar words:
locate, meet