chance upon

Verb

Meaning

find unexpectedly

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

strike discover attain come across come upon light upon chance on fall upon happen upon light find experience face hit meet
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Antonyms

miss dodge free avoid evade forfeit
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Hypernyms

find regain

Examples

It costs me never a stab nor squirm To tread by chance upon a worm. "Aha, my little dear," I say, "Your clan will pay me back some day." Dorothy Parker

the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb Source: Internet

she struck a goldmine Source: Internet

The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake Source: Internet

After the first chapter, in which Cloud and Barret destroy a Mako reactor, you chance upon Aerith (or, as she's lovingly referred to, "Flower Peddler"). Source: Internet

I was amazed, the other day, to chance upon a repeat on ITV3 of an episode of Poirot from 1990 that I hadn’t seen before, and which was set in the Lake District. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

chance quantity chance taken chance the ducks chance variable chance would be a fine thing chance your arm