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light upon

Verb

Meaning

find unexpectedly

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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

Although it is metaphysical, it sheds much light upon very concrete and very practical researches. Source: Internet

A tax on tallows and another on the manufacture of the candles increased by 5 pennies the cost of his luminary, which became thus more expensive than the value of the product that it could shed light upon. Source: Internet

If one now shines a very intense beam of low-frequency light upon the same metal, a whole slew of electrons are ejected; however they possess the same low energy, there are merely more of them. Source: Internet

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