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stöta på — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • encounter verb To meet or come across someone or something, especially unexpectedly.

Senses

stöta på is used for these senses in English:

  • come across (idiomatic, transitive) To find, usually by accident.
  • encounter (transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
  • run into (intransitive, _, but with prepositional object, by extension) To unexpectedly encounter or meet someone or something (literally or figuratively).

encounter — full definition

  1. verb To meet or come across someone or something, especially unexpectedly.
  2. noun A meeting, especially one that is unplanned, tense, or significant.

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