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to come across something or someone without warning
brush, clash, encounter, skirmish(noun)a minor short-term fight
meeting, encounter(noun)a casual or unexpected convergence
"he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"
encounter, coming upon(noun)a casual meeting with a person or thing
confrontation, encounter, showdown, face-off(verb)a hostile disagreement face-to-face
meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see(verb)come together
"I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"
find, happen, chance, bump, encounter(verb)come upon, as if by accident; meet with
"We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
run into, encounter(verb)be beset by
"The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"
meet, encounter, receive(verb)experience as a reaction
"My proposal met with much opposition"
meet, encounter, play, take on(verb)contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
"Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
a brief clash between enemies or rivalssurvived an encounter with the school bully at the local park
to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-facequite unexpectedly encountered our next-door neighbor while vacationing in Europe
to come upon unexpectedly or by chancewe encountered a host of unforeseen problems during the restoration of our 200-year-old house
to enter into contest or conflict withthe troops encountered bands of guerrilla fighters as they made their way across the desert
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