light upon

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light upon

verb lights upon · lighting upon · lit upon · lighted upon

To find or think of something unexpectedly; to come upon something by accident. [...] Yojo had told him two or three times over, and strongly insisted upon it everyway, that instead of our going together among the whaling-fleet in harbor, and in concert selecting our craft; instead of this, I say, Yojo earnestly enjoined that the selection of the ship should rest wholly with me

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@misc{light_upon_2026,
  title = {light upon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/light%20upon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}