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Come upon

To discover or find, especially by chance or accident.

📖 Definitions of "Come upon"

verb
  1. 1

    To discover or find, especially by chance or accident.

    "We came upon the skeleton while we were hiking."

  2. 2

    To befall; to affect; to happen to.

    "I pray no harm will come upon you."

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Come upon"

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WordDefinition
happen uponverbTo accidentally encounter a person or situation; to chance upon, happen on or stumble across.
chance uponverb(transitive, idiomatic) To find (someone or something) by chance.
luck intoverb(transitive, informal) To find by chance, to chance upon.
chance onverbAlternative form of chance upon. [(transitive, idiomatic) To find (someone or something) by chance.]
discoververb(transitive) To find or learn something for the first time.
come acrossverb(idiomatic) To give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image; to seem or appear (to be some way). [(often) with as; or (often) with like]
strikenoun(transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
light uponverbTo find or think of something unexpectedly; to come upon something by accident.
enter uponverbtake possession of
happen acrossverbTo find (something) by chance; to unexpectedly discover (something).
findverb(transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
stumble uponverb(figuratively) To discover or find something by accident.
stumble acrossverb(transitive) To discover or find (something) by accident.
run acrossverb(idiomatic) To find or discover by chance; to come across.
stumble onverb(intransitive with prepositional object, figuratively) To discover or find something by accident.
stumble againstverb(figuratively) To discover or find something by accident.
happenverb(intransitive) To occur or take place.
happen onverbto find by chance
come byverb(transitive) To obtain; to get, especially by chance or involuntarily.
happen alongverb(intransitive, idiomatic) To arrive by chance; to occur by happenstance.

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