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| breast |
to face, meet, or encounter; confront. [1/6 definitions] |
| brush1 |
a brief, light touch or quick encounter. [1/8 definitions] |
| come across |
to discover or encounter by chance. [1/3 definitions] |
| discover |
to see or witness due to a chance encounter or deliberate search; find. [1/3 definitions] |
| experience |
to undergo or encounter; feel or know. [1/6 definitions] |
| find |
to encounter, come upon, or meet, esp. unexpectedly. [1/8 definitions] |
| happen |
to encounter by chance (usu. fol. by "on" or "upon"). [1/4 definitions] |
| hear of |
to encounter (something) through hearing or some other form of communication, often resulting in a feeling of slight familiarity. [1/2 definitions] |
| meet1 |
to come into contact with; encounter. [1/13 definitions] |
| meeting |
an encounter. [1/3 definitions] |
| moment of truth |
any critical or decisive moment of testing, encounter, discovery, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| on |
near to, as in an encounter. [1/19 definitions] |
| one-night stand |
(informal) a sexual encounter between two people that occurs only once. [1/2 definitions] |
| promiscuity |
a promiscuous sexual encounter. [1/3 definitions] |
| reencounter |
combined form of encounter. |
| run across |
to encounter by chance. |
| run into |
to encounter (something) unexpectedly. [1/2 definitions] |
| scrimmage |
a preliminary or minor encounter between enemy troops; skirmish. [1/5 definitions] |
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