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  1. [noun] a minor short-term fight
    Synonyms: brush, clash, skirmish

  2. [noun] a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"
    Synonyms: meeting

  3. [noun] a casual meeting with a person of thing
    Synonyms: coming upon

  4. [noun] a hostile disagreement face-to-face
    Synonyms: confrontation, showdown, face-off

  5. [verb] come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"
    Synonyms: meet, ran into, run across, come across, see

  6. [verb] come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
    Synonyms: find, happen, chance, bump

  7. [verb] be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"
    Synonyms: run into

  8. [verb] experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition"
    Synonyms: meet, receive

  9. [verb] contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
    Synonyms: meet, play, take on

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