chance+upon
1chance upon — index discover, find (discover) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2chance upon — verb find unexpectedly the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb she struck a goldmine The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake • Syn: ↑fall upon, ↑strike, ↑come upon, ↑light upon, ↑ …
3chance upon — phrasal verb chance on or chance upon [transitive] Word forms chance on : present tense I/you/we/they chance on he/she/it chances on present participle chancing on past tense chanced on past participle chanced on mainly literary to find or see… …
4chance\ upon — • chance (up)on v To happen to find or meet; find or meet by accident. On our vacation we chanced upon an interesting antique store. Mary dropped her ring in the yard, and Mother chanced on it as she was raking. Syn.: happen on Compare: run into …
5chance upon — Synonyms and related words: alight upon, blunder upon, bump into, come across, come on, come up against, come upon, discover serendipitously, encounter, fall in with, happen upon, hit upon, light upon, meet up with, meet with, run across, run… …
6chance upon — See chance on …
7chance upon somebody — ˈchance on/upon sb/sth derived (formal) to find or meet sb/sth unexpectedly or by chance • One day he chanced upon Emma s diary and began reading it. Main entry: ↑chancederived …
8chance upon something — ˈchance on/upon sb/sth derived (formal) to find or meet sb/sth unexpectedly or by chance • One day he chanced upon Emma s diary and began reading it. Main entry: ↑chancederived …
9chance upon/on/across — find or see by accident. → chance …
10By Chance Upon Waking — Infobox Album | Name = By Chance Upon Waking Type = Album Artist = Nalle Released = 2006 Genre = Psych folk/Drone music/Improvisational music Label = Pickled Egg Records EGG 57CD Reviews = * PopMatters (8/10)… …
