come across

Meaning

1. Oxford65% of films

   to meet or find sb / sth by chance

   ...rare smiles that you may come across...

2. Oxford20% of films

   to make a particular impression

3. Oxford5% of films

   to be understood

In the movies · 223

• I'd just become an investigator when I came across Sammy.Memento2000
• And please, if you come across anything else, bring it in.Can You Ever Forgive Me?2018
• I came across an old letter from Nathan,Jojo Rabbit2019
• Later Bill would come across a study, which revealed that...The Men Who Stare at Goats2009
• We'll come across him tomorrow, I reckon.Unforgiven1992
• You come across a guy named Greg?Wild2014
• ...rare smiles that you may come across...The Great Gatsby2013
• Ninety of which I'm gonna come across as a monumental asshole.The End of the Tour2015

Learn it in full scenes

• Can You Ever Forgive Me?2018
  • Lee Meets Jack Hock
  • Lee Asks to Be Paid in Cash
  • Lee Tells Jack Her Secret
• Jojo Rabbit2019
  • Captain K Addresses the Jungvolk
  • Jojo Refuses to Kill the Rabbit
  • Rosie Pushes Jojo Out the Door
• The Great Gatsby2013
  • Nick Begins His Story
  • Nick Dines with the Buchanans
  • Tom's Secret Apartment Party

From the same entry

• be as clever, stupid, as they come
• come again
• come and go
• come easily, naturally, to
• come over faint, dizzy, giddy
• come the
• come to nothing
• come to that
• come what may
• how come
• not come to much
• to come

More phrasal verbs

• help out
• depend on
• give up on
• start over
• show off
• sign up
• speed up
• come back to
• turn around
• give in
• cheer up
• move in