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What does "came across" mean?

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Rebecca

"Came across" means to stumble upon, discover, to meet by chance. In this song, he is saying that he met this person by chance without outside help or others influencing it. Ex: She came across a very large snake! Ex: We happened to come across a beautiful lake to swim in. Ex: I came across him a few years ago.

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