# come across
## English
### Pronunciation

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### Verb

come across (third-person singular simple present comes across, present participle coming across, simple past came across, past participle come across)
* Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come,‎ across.
    He came across the street towards me.
* (figuratively) To change sides; to cross over to work for the opposition.
    Synonym: come over
    You argued well in court but your firm doesn't pay its lawyers well, so why don't you come across to ours?
* (idiomatic) To give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image; to seem or appear (to be some way). [(often) with as; or (often) with like]
    Synonyms: come off, come over
    Coordinate terms: translate, equate (especially regarding abstractions)
    How did she come across when you met with her?
    How did she come across to you?
    She came across as sharp and well-grounded.
    A business suit and adequate elocution help her to come across as the competent professional she is.
** 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 36:“Because of the British empire, I mean. On which the sun never sets. There’s no offence intended. That’s what I want to be sure of. That the line doesn’t come across as an insult to your country’s glorious past.”
* (idiomatic, transitive) To find, usually by accident.
    Synonyms: come upon, run across, encounter, happen across
    In the meadow he came across a rare flower.
* To produce what was desired; to come up with the goods. [with with]
    Near-synonym: come through
    Coordinate term: come around
    He came across with the rest of the money when we mentioned our lawyer.
** 1929, Reginald Charles Barker, The Hair-trigger Brand, page 160:"I'll die before I let my grandad pay you that much money!" blazed the girl. "That ain't unlikely either," retorted Shanan, "if ol' Bart Hendricks don't come across with the ransom."
* (idiomatic, intransitive) To give in and do what is wanted or expected; to acquiesce to something.
    Near-synonym: come around
    Coordinate term: come through
** (idiomatic, intransitive) To have sex; to give in to seduction.
** (idiomatic, intransitive) To confess to something.

#### Translations

Arabic: صَادَفَ (ṣādafa)
Bulgarian: натъквам се (natǎkvam se)
Catalan: ensopegar amb
Chinese:
Mandarin: 遇見 / 遇见 (zh) (yùjiàn), 遇到 (zh) (yùdào)
Czech: narazit na
Egyptian: (gmj)
Finnish: törmätä (fi)
French: tomber sur
German: begegnen (de), antreffen (de), stoßen auf (de)
Greek: τυχαίνω (el) (tychaíno)
Hungarian: rátalál (hu), ráakad (hu), rábukkan (hu), belebotlik (hu), talál (hu), akad (hu), bukkan (hu), botlik (hu)
Ingrian: vassata
Irish: tar ar
Javanese: mrangguli (jv)
Latin: inveniō (la)
Macedonian: налетува (naletuva)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: støte på, treffe på, snuble over
Occitan: encontrar (oc)
Old English: oferfaran
Polish: natrafiać impf, natrafić pf, natykać się impf, natknąć się pf, napotykać (pl) impf, napotkać (pl) pf, wpadać (pl) impf, wpaść (pl) pf
Portuguese: topar (pt), deparar (pt)
Quechua: taripay
Romanian: da peste
Russian: натыка́ться (ru) impf (natykátʹsja), наткну́ться (ru) impf (natknútʹsja), встре́титься (ru) pf (vstrétitʹsja)
Scottish Gaelic: thig tarsainn air, amais, tachair air
Spanish: toparse con, dar con
Swedish: stöta på (sv), träffa på
Turkish: denk gelmek (tr), karşılaşmak (tr)
Ukrainian: натрапля́ти impf (natrapljáty), натра́пити pf (natrápyty) :