cross someone's path

cross someone's path
To meet by chance.

None of the sportsmen who have crossed my path have made as great an impact on me as Bob.


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  • cross someone's path — 1. To come in someone s way, to meet someone 2. To thwart someone • • • Main Entry: ↑cross * * * meet or encounter someone …   Useful english dictionary

  • cross someone's path — cross (someone s) path to meet someone, especially by accident. If he ever crosses my path again, I ll kill him …   New idioms dictionary

  • cross someone's path —    If you meet somebody, usually unexpectedly or by chance, youcross their path.     Ms. Bridgewater was my English teacher but haven t crossed her path since I left school …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • cross one's path — {v. phr.} To meet or encounter someone; to come upon someone more by accident than by plan. * /Surprisingly, I crossed John s path in Central Park one afternoon./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cross one's path — {v. phr.} To meet or encounter someone; to come upon someone more by accident than by plan. * /Surprisingly, I crossed John s path in Central Park one afternoon./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • cross\ one's\ path — v. phr. To meet or encounter someone; to come upon someone more by accident than by plan. Surprisingly, I crossed John s path in Central Park one afternoon …   Словарь американских идиом

  • cross — [krôs, kräs] n. [< ME cros & crois; cros < OE cros & ON kross, both < OIr cros < L crux (gen. crucis), a cross < IE * kreuk , extension of base * (s)ker , to turn, bend > L curvus; ME crois < OFr < L crux] 1. an upright… …   English World dictionary

  • cross path — cross (someone s) path to meet someone, especially by accident. If he ever crosses my path again, I ll kill him …   New idioms dictionary

  • cross — /krɒs / (say kros) noun 1. a structure consisting essentially of an upright and a transverse piece, upon which persons were formerly put to death. 2. a figure of the cross as a Christian emblem, badge, etc. 3. the cross as the symbol of… …  

  • path — [[t]pɑ͟ːθ, pæ̱θ[/t]] ♦♦♦ paths 1) N COUNT A path is a long strip of ground which people walk along to get from one place to another. We followed the path along the clifftops... Feet had worn a path in the rock... He went up the garden path to… …   English dictionary

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