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metverbpast tense of meet to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-facewe never once met another car on that lonely country road caught, chanced (upon), encountered, happened (upon), stumbled (upon) accosted, confrontedfaced, greeted, salutedcollided (with), crashed (into)crisscrossed, crossed, passedhit (upon), lit (upon)(or lighted (upon)), tumbled (to)reencountered(or re-encountered), remet bumped into, crossed paths (with), ran across, ran into, ran upon avoided, dodged, ducked, eluded, escaped, evaded, shook, shunned to come together into one body or placewe'll meet for dinner, with a discussion to follow, next week assembled, clustered, collected, concentered, concentrated, conglomerated, congregated, convened, converged, forgathered(or foregathered), gathered, rendezvoused affiliated, allied, associated, banded (together), caucused, clubbed, collaborated, confederated, conjoined, consolidated, consorted, cooperated, coupled, federated, ganged up, joined, merged, unitedreassembled, reconvened, regathered, remet got together broke up, disbanded, dispersed, split (up) departed, left, took offdisjoined, dissociated, disunited to come upon unexpectedly or by chancemet her future husband at a party chanced (upon), encountered, found, happened (on or upon), hit (upon), lit (on or upon)(or lighted (on or upon)), pitched (upon), stumbled (on or onto), tumbled (upon) lucked (out, on, onto, or into)confronted, faceddiscovered, struck, turned up bumped into, came across, ran across, ran against, ran into, ran upon to do what is required by the terms ofa financially struggling city trying to meet its loans answered, completed, complied (with), filled, fulfilled, kept, redeemed, satisfied concluded, consummated, finalized, finished, perfectedaccomplished, achieved, brought about, brought off, carried out, effectedcommitted, compassed, discharged, executed, followed through (with), made, performed abided by, made good(or made good on) breached, broke, transgressed, violated defaulted (on)disregarded, forgot, ignored, neglected, overlooked, overpassed, passed over, slighted to enter into contest or conflict withthe up-and-coming boxer will meet the reigning champ for the first time tomorrow battled, encountered, engaged, faced, took on emulated, rivaled(or rivalled)contended, fought, opposed eluded, escaped, evadedretreated to produce something equal to (as in quality or value)I'll meet your bet, nay, I'll even raise it equaled(or equalled), matched, tied beat, bettered, eclipsed, excelled, outdid, outdistanced, outshone(or outshined), outstripped, overtopped, surpassed, topped, transcendedamounted (to), approached, touchedapproximated, kept up, measured up (to), paralleled, rivaled(or rivalled), stacked up (against or with) to put up with (something painful or difficult)trying to meet the challenge of going to college while working at a full-time job abided(also abode), absorbed, accepted, bode(or bided, chiefly dialect), bore, brooked, countenanced, endured, hacked, handled, pocketed, stomached, stood, stuck out, supported, sustained, sweat out(or sweated out), tolerated, took, went, wore(British) allowed, permitted, suffered, swallowedreconciled (to)acquiesced, agreed (with or to), assented (to), capitulated, consented (to), respected, submitted (to), yielded (to) lived with, lumped (it), stood for, toughed it out declined, dismissed, refused, rejected, repudiated, spurned, turned downcombated(or combatted), contested, fought, opposed, resistedavoided, bypassed, circumvented, dodged, eluded, escaped, evaded, missedabstained (from), forbore, refrained (from) to give what is owed forI paid a portion of the long-distance bill to keep my carrier from cutting off service until I can meet the remainder of the charges anted (up), balanced, cleared, discharged, footed, liquidated, paid, paid off, paid up, ponied up, quit(also quitted), recompensed, settled, sprang (for)(or sprung (for)), stood repudiated |