"run across" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "runs across",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "running across",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ran across",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "run across",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "run<,,ran,run> across"
      },
      "expansion": "run across (third-person singular simple present runs across, present participle running across, simple past ran across, past participle run across)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The police ran across the bridge to catch the criminal."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cross by running."
      ],
      "id": "en-run_across-en-verb-2D6NPipp",
      "links": [
        [
          "cross",
          "cross"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to cross by running",
          "word": "přeběhnout přes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to cross by running",
          "word": "juosta ... poikki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to cross by running",
          "word": "juosta ... yli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to cross by running",
          "word": "über ... rennen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pretrčuva",
          "sense": "to cross by running",
          "word": "претрчува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to cross by running",
          "word": "passar correndo"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "5 95",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (across)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "While I was cleaning the kitchen cupboards, I ran across Mother's recipe for Cornish game hens."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To find or discover by chance; to come across."
      ],
      "id": "en-run_across-en-verb-3AIWlCaD",
      "links": [
        [
          "find",
          "find"
        ],
        [
          "discover",
          "discover"
        ],
        [
          "come across",
          "come across"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To find or discover by chance; to come across."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "encounter"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-run across.ogg",
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "run across"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (across)",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "runs across",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "running across",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ran across",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "run across",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "run<,,ran,run> across"
      },
      "expansion": "run across (third-person singular simple present runs across, present participle running across, simple past ran across, past participle run across)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The police ran across the bridge to catch the criminal."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cross by running."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cross",
          "cross"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "While I was cleaning the kitchen cupboards, I ran across Mother's recipe for Cornish game hens."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To find or discover by chance; to come across."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "find",
          "find"
        ],
        [
          "discover",
          "discover"
        ],
        [
          "come across",
          "come across"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To find or discover by chance; to come across."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "encounter"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/En-au-run_across.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to cross by running",
      "word": "přeběhnout přes"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cross by running",
      "word": "juosta ... poikki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cross by running",
      "word": "juosta ... yli"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cross by running",
      "word": "über ... rennen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pretrčuva",
      "sense": "to cross by running",
      "word": "претрчува"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cross by running",
      "word": "passar correndo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "run across"
}