Come+upon
11come upon — Synonyms and related words: alight upon, appear unexpectedly, arrive at, arrive upon, be unexpected, blunder upon, bob up, bump into, chance upon, come across, come among, come at, come on, come unawares, come up against, confront, creep up on,… …
12come upon — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. encounter, locate, happen on, light upon; see discover , find 1 , meet 6 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) vi. meet, encounter, chance, come across, bump into. III come (up)on (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To find or meet by… …
13come upon — phrasal to meet or find by chance ; come across < came upon an old friend > …
14come upon — 1》 attack by surprise. 2》 see come on (sense 2). → come …
15come upon — See: COME ON(3) …
16come upon — See: COME ON(3) …
17come\ upon — See: come on(3) …
18come upon — find, discover; happen upon, bump into, find by chance …
19To come upon — Come Come, v. i. [imp. {Came}; p. p. {Come}; p. pr & vb. n. {Coming}.] [OE. cumen, comen, AS. cuman; akin to OS.kuman, D. komen, OHG. queman, G. kommen, Icel. koma, Sw. komma, Dan. komme, Goth. giman, L. venire (gvenire), Gr. ? to go, Skr. gam.… …
20To come upon — Upon Up*on , prep.[AS. uppan, uppon; upp up + on, an, on. See {Up}, and {On}.] On; used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable. Upon an hill of flowers. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Our host upon his stirrups stood anon.… …