Come Across

1. Meet or find something by chance. 2. Pay or give what is expected. 3. Make a particular impression.

Examples:

• He comes across as a very sincere person.
• I came across your old letters today.

Origin: Sense 1: 1800s; Senses 2–3: Colloquial, late 1800s–first half of 1900s

Synonyms: come upon, run across