come across

verb

came across; come across; coming across; comes across

intransitive verb

1
: to give over or furnish something demanded
especially : to pay over money
2
: to produce an impression
comes across as a good speaker
3

Examples of come across in a Sentence

the law professor comes across as a bit of an ogre at first, but he's actually quite personable
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On the other side of the fence, the Stewarts came across a large yellow tent. Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024 In 2019, a 16-year-old student in São Paulo, Brazil, came across the snippet and uploaded it to YouTube and several Reddit communities, which helped the search go viral. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024 Though Pelosi was in Washington, D.C., at the time, the intruder came across her husband and brutally beat him with a hammer. Liam Quinn, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024 One day, about six months into his research, Pickford came across a letter that caught his attention. Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for come across 

Word History

First Known Use

1878, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of come across was in 1878

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“Come across.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20across. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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