across one
Synonyms
Examples
Certain roles are more challenging than others, but I haven't come across one yet that I can't tackle.
Human beings are strange creatures. As people come across one another they produce various outcomes. Good things, sometimes. And other times, bad.
People say that there are neither dragons to be killed nor distressed maidens to be rescued nowadays. I do not know, but I think I have dropped across one or two, nor do I feel sure whether the most mortal wounds have been inflicted by the dragons or by myself.
Our desires cut across one another, and in this confused existence it is rare for happiness to coincide with the desire that clamoured for it.