stumble on

Verb

Meaning

to discover or find something by accident

to meet somebody by chance

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

find encounter come across run across bump into run into come upon light upon chance on chance upon happen upon hit on stumble upon stumble across happen across

Examples

And she's sharp: When she and the blond man stumble on a massacred group in a tent, he suggests to her that perhaps it's part of a "new twist in the narrative," namely, horror. Source: Internet

But it's rare that you can stumble on a book and know its intention. Source: Internet

By Patroclos GOOD news is as scarce as bank credit nowadays, so when we stumble on something that could be interpreted as mildly positive we feel duty bound. Source: Internet

He doesn’t believe that a real bottle hunter happened to stumble on the girl’s remains three years to the day of the murders and her disappearance. Source: Internet

It can help to get into the habit of thinking ‘what would my child think about having their classmates stumble on this when they’re 15?’. Source: Internet

Katherine Boutry didn’t stumble on a group of Mrs. Dalloway fans at her college. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

stumble across stumble against stumble into stumble onto stumble over one's words stumble through