What does happen across mean?

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happen across

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.92 in modern English

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happens across (present, singular) happening across (participle, present) happened across (participle, past) happened across (past)

What does happen across mean?: To find (something) by chance; to unexpectedly discover (something).

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