meet with something

meet with something
meet with something
1. [for someone] to experience something, such as an accident. •

Poor Carlo met with a serious accident.

•

Henry always feared meeting with a horrible fate.

2. [for someone or something] to strike or touch something. •

That board is supposed to meet perfectly with the surface of the wall.

•

Her head met with the top of the car a number of times during the journey.

3. to encounter some kind of response. •

The proposal met with unexpected opposition.

•

Her speech was met with universal approval.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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