"cross someone's path" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "crosses someone's path",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crossing someone's path",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crossed someone's path",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crossed someone's path",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "cross someone's path (third-person singular simple present crosses someone's path, present participle crossing someone's path, simple past and past participle crossed someone's path)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017 January 26, Christopher D. Shea, “T2 Trainspotting’: The Early Reviews”, in New York Time",
          "text": "Ewan McGregor is back as the lead character, Renton, perhaps best remembered for his visit in the first film to the “Worst Toilet in Scotland.” Robert Carlyle appears as Begbie, who starts brawls with almost anyone who crosses his path; Ewen Bremner returns as the dimwitted Spud, who, in the first movie, has a memorable job interview while high on speed; and Jonny Lee Miller is back as Sick Boy, now known as Simon.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "None of the sportsmen who have crossed my path have made as great an impact on me as Ian."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To meet someone by chance."
      ],
      "id": "en-cross_someone's_path-en-verb-HyNbx5aB",
      "links": [
        [
          "meet",
          "meet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To meet someone by chance."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bump into"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1842, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “The Battle of Lake Regillus”, in Lays of Ancient Rome",
          "text": "Woe to the maid whose lover\nShall cross his path to-day!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To oppose someone's plans."
      ],
      "id": "en-cross_someone's_path-en-verb-Y-1zHw8O",
      "links": [
        [
          "oppose",
          "oppose"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To oppose someone's plans."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cross someone's path"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "crosses someone's path",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crossing someone's path",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crossed someone's path",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crossed someone's path",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "cross someone's path (third-person singular simple present crosses someone's path, present participle crossing someone's path, simple past and past participle crossed someone's path)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017 January 26, Christopher D. Shea, “T2 Trainspotting’: The Early Reviews”, in New York Time",
          "text": "Ewan McGregor is back as the lead character, Renton, perhaps best remembered for his visit in the first film to the “Worst Toilet in Scotland.” Robert Carlyle appears as Begbie, who starts brawls with almost anyone who crosses his path; Ewen Bremner returns as the dimwitted Spud, who, in the first movie, has a memorable job interview while high on speed; and Jonny Lee Miller is back as Sick Boy, now known as Simon.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "None of the sportsmen who have crossed my path have made as great an impact on me as Ian."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To meet someone by chance."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meet",
          "meet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To meet someone by chance."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bump into"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1842, Thomas Babington Macaulay, “The Battle of Lake Regillus”, in Lays of Ancient Rome",
          "text": "Woe to the maid whose lover\nShall cross his path to-day!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To oppose someone's plans."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "oppose",
          "oppose"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To oppose someone's plans."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cross someone's path"
}