comes across
Happens to find
Comes across has two main uses.
The first is to encounter by chance: I came across an old letter in the attic.
The second describes how someone or something is perceived by others: She comes across as confident, His joke came across wrong.
In this sense, what comes across is the impression that reaches the audience.
- bump intoMeet without planning
- discoverFind something unknown
- findLocate through effort
- happen uponEncounter unexpectedly
- stumble uponFind unexpectedly
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discovery/encounter mode
comes acrosslooks for
Tries to find
pursues · tracks down · researches · investigates · misses
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