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    [Verb]  | "run" | \ ˈrən \


    1: to go faster than a walk; specifically : to go steadily by springing steps so that both feet leave the ground for an instant in each step

    2: to move at a fast gallop

    3: flee, retreat, escape


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English ronnen, alteration of rinnen, intransitive verb (from Old English iernan, rinnan & Old Norse rinna) & of rennen, transitive verb, from Old Norse renna; akin to Old High German rinnan, intransitive verb, "to run," Sanskrit riṇāti "he causes to flow," and probably to Latin rivus "stream";

    [Phrase]  | "runs across" 


    1: to come upon unexpectedly or by chance;


      * e.g., " ... She ran across an old friend at lunch. "



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    2: to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face;


      * e.g., " ... They ran across a bear while camping in the woods. "



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    [Phrase]  | "run across" 


    1: to come upon unexpectedly or by chance;


      * e.g., " ... She ran across an old friend at lunch. "



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    2: to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face;


      * e.g., " ... They ran across a bear while camping in the woods. "



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