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come across

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

come across

verb

Definition of COME ACROSS

intransitive verb
1
: to give over or furnish something demanded; especially : to pay over money
2
: to produce an impression <comes across as a good speaker>

First Known Use of COME ACROSS

1878

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