Acquire and Come across

Acquire

Acquire verb - To come to have gradually.

Come across and acquire are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Come across" instead a verb "Acquire".

Come across

Come across verb - Be perceived in a certain way; make a certain impression.
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Synonyms for Come across

Acquire and come across are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Acquire" instead a verb "Come across".

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  • Debatably an Infinity+1 Sword, PEW-PEW is easy to acquire fairly early in the game with a bit of knowledge and consuming every bottle of Sarsaparilla you come across.
  • Video Game / Puzzle Quest Brick Joke: When you acquire the minotaur god Lord Sartek's Ribs, if Drong is in your party, he expresses a desire to eat them; the player character promises he can eat the next god they come across.
  • Monster Is a Mommy In Dragon Quest VIII, when you're helping Prince Charmless acquire an Argon Heart for his rite of passage, you eventually come across a Great Argon Lizard that's heavily implied to be the parent of all the regular Argon Lizards.
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