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Originally Posted by susiedqq  This morning I ran into Tom ,an old friend on my way to school . (means that you met unexpectedly)
I ran across the information while looking for a recipe. (means to find something, discovered) |
This is what I found in Collin Cobuild V3 :
If you
run across someone or something, you meet them or find them unexpectedly.
We ran across some old friends in the village.
=
come across
Why so ?
This makes me puzzled when using run into /across to indicate that I meet someone by chance .