Idiom
cross paths
Meaning
To be, by chance, in the same physical place at the same time, as a result of two completely separate journeys; to encounter or meet each other.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I hope we cross paths again soon.”
“We were both traveling through the same city and happened to cross paths at a small coffee shop.”
“It is truly remarkable how two strangers, living on opposite sides of the world, might eventually cross paths in the quiet corner of a foreign library.”
Examples
simple
“I hope we cross paths again soon.”
contextual
“We were both traveling through the same city and happened to cross paths at a small coffee shop.”
complex
“It is truly remarkable how two strangers, living on opposite sides of the world, might eventually cross paths in the quiet corner of a foreign library.”
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