Meaning

2 senses
  1. To cross by running.

    The police ran across the bridge to catch the criminal.

    über ... rennen

  2. (idiomatic)To find or discover by chance; to come across.

    While I was cleaning the kitchen cupboards, I ran across Mother's recipe for Cornish game hens.

    come together

Examples

71 sentences
  1. A cat ran across the street.

    Дорогу перебіг кіт. — deniko

    ruДорогу перебежал кот. — marafon

  2. Don't run across the street.

    Не перебiгайте вулицю. — rmdas

    ruНе перебегайте улицу. — marafon

    deRenn nicht über die Straße. — samueldora

  3. A rat ran across the road.

    Дорогу перебіг щур. — deniko

    ruДорогу перебежала крыса. — marafon

    deEine Ratte lief über die Straße. — samueldora

  4. Tom ran back across the street.

    deTom rannte zurück über die Straße. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. I just saw a fox run across the road.

    ruТолько что я увидел лису, перебегающую дорогу. — fjay69

    deIch habe gerade einen Fuchs über die Straße laufen sehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to cross by running:

Forms

runs across, running across, ran across, run across
Base formrun across · to run across
3rd person singularruns across
Present participlerunning across
Past simpleran across
Past participlerun across

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrun across
he, she, itruns across

Past simpleLesson

all personsran across

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave run across
he, she, ithas run across

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill run across

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

5 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
run across — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto