come across

Verb

• be received or understood

• communicate the intended meaning or impression
  • He came across very clearly
    

• come together
  • I'll probably see you at the meeting
    
  • How nice to see you again!
    

• be perceived in a certain way; make a certain impression

• find unexpectedly
  • the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb
    
  • she struck a goldmine
    
  • The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  resonate , come over , meet , run into , encounter , run across , see