to cross sb's path

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• cross somebody's path — ˌcross sb s ˈpath | people s ˌpaths ˈcross idiom if sb crosses sb s path or their paths cross, they meet by chance • I hope I never cross her path again. • Our paths were to cross again many years later. Main entry: ↑crossidiom …   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 — 1. To come in someone s way, to meet someone 2. To thwart someone • • • Main Entry: ↑cross * * * meet or encounter someone …   Useful english dictionary

• To cross one's path — Cross Cross, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crossed} (kr[o^]st; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crossing}.] 1. To put across or athwart; to cause to intersect; as, to cross the arms. [1913 Webster] 2. To lay or draw something, as a line, across; as, to cross the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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 someone's path — verb To meet by chance. None of the sportsmen who have crossed my path have made as great an impact on me as Bob …   Wiktionary

• 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

• path — /path, pahth/, n., pl. paths /padhz, pahdhz, paths, pahths/. 1. a way beaten, formed, or trodden by the feet of persons or animals. 2. a narrow walk or way: a path through a garden; a bicycle path. 3. a route, course, or track along which… …   Universalium

• 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