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Happen Upon

see synonyms of happen upon

Verb

1. attain, chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, discover, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike

find unexpectedly

Example Sentences:
'the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb'
'she struck a goldmine'
'The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Happen Upon

see synonyms of happen upon
verb
(intr, preposition)
to find by chance
I happened upon a five-pound note lying in the street

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Happen Upon

see synonyms of happen upon
to meet or find by chance

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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