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come across

verb

  1. preposition to meet or find by accident
  2. adverb (of a person or his or her words) to communicate the intended meaning or impression
  3. often foll by with to provide what is expected
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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“As time goes on, people think he’s a company or a brand. I come across people who didn’t know he was a person.”

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He starts the film at a speed-dating event where, in a great montage, he disappoints a procession of dewy singletons who shrivel up when this hunk comes across as cold and rude.

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Van Loon, added: "So now and then he could come across as laconic, a bit too easy going. Maybe at times some youth managers even thought of him as lazy."

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"I feel like you never really come across many young widows so I felt really isolated at the start," she said.

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It will apply the first time a user comes across content which it has flagged as sensitive, or if they change their settings on viewing sensitive media.

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