come across
verb
came across; come across; coming across; comes across
1
: to give over or furnish something demanded
especially
: to pay over money
2
: to produce an impression
comes across as a good speaker
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While there have been more exits by European startups, the biggest exits have invariably come across the water.
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Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 16 Apr. 2024
In 2021, Koh came across a paper that discussed how to grapple with chaotic orbits from the perspective of symplectic geometry, an abstract field of math that is generally far removed from messy real-world details.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 Apr. 2024
Once the deeper bass arrives, this effect disappears and the lows come across with an appropriate sense of power.
—PCMAG, 11 Apr. 2024
When a migrant comes across the border between legal ports of entry, a Border Patrol agent collects the migrant’s name, date of birth, nationality, biometric information (like fingerprints) and photos.
—Julia Ainsley, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2024
The obviousness of the Sandfords’ obstacle-course ordeal comes across as punishment.
—Armond White, National Review, 10 Apr. 2024
Today, people from around the world come across the U.S. border, many just as eager to work and potentially reach that dream.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 9 Apr. 2024
On the way, her group comes across various tableaus of chaos, social disorder, and bone-rattling combat, observing and documenting—but not intervening, despite the crisis that’s unfolding.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2024
He’s always come across as the person holding everything together in the Libertines, with or without Doherty.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 8 Apr. 2024
Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 16 Apr. 2024
In 2021, Koh came across a paper that discussed how to grapple with chaotic orbits from the perspective of symplectic geometry, an abstract field of math that is generally far removed from messy real-world details.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 Apr. 2024
Once the deeper bass arrives, this effect disappears and the lows come across with an appropriate sense of power.
—PCMAG, 11 Apr. 2024
When a migrant comes across the border between legal ports of entry, a Border Patrol agent collects the migrant’s name, date of birth, nationality, biometric information (like fingerprints) and photos.
—Julia Ainsley, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2024
The obviousness of the Sandfords’ obstacle-course ordeal comes across as punishment.
—Armond White, National Review, 10 Apr. 2024
Today, people from around the world come across the U.S. border, many just as eager to work and potentially reach that dream.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 9 Apr. 2024
On the way, her group comes across various tableaus of chaos, social disorder, and bone-rattling combat, observing and documenting—but not intervening, despite the crisis that’s unfolding.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2024
He’s always come across as the person holding everything together in the Libertines, with or without Doherty.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 8 Apr. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1878, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Come across.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20across. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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