run across

Meaning

1. Oxford43% of films

   to meet sb or find sth by chance

   you didn't run across Ciara nowhere, did you?

2. Editorial29% of films

   to dash over to a nearby place, often to fetch something

   But I'll run across, get us something to eat.

In the movies · 14

• But I'll run across, get us something to eat.Hillbilly Elegy2020
• In the dark, the murderer ran across the hall to the study,Clue1985
• You see, it was raining and she ran across the road.Lolita1962
• We were makin' a run across the openThe Straight Story1999
• The mythical spider people who run across the treetops...Madame Web2024
• He tried to run across the river, sir. I plugged him.Michael Collins1996
• When we run across another robot, we'll kill itThe Wild Robot2024
• you didn't run across Ciara nowhere, did you?Lonesome Dove1989

Learn it in full scenes

• Clue1985
  • Mrs. Peacock Breaks the Ice
  • Guests Arrive at the Mansion
  • Wadsworth Reveals the Blackmail
• Lolita1962
  • Humbert's Roman Ping-Pong With Quilty
  • Humbert Kills Quilty
  • Charlotte Shows Humbert the House
• The Wild Robot2024
  • Roz Boots Up on the Island
  • Roz Becomes an Accidental Mother
  • Fink Teaches the Gosling

From the same entry

• come running
• run for it
• up and running
• a close - run thing
• hit the ground running
• run after
• run after
• run along
• run around with
• run at
• run away
• run away from