stumble upon

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stumble upon

verb stumbles upon · stumbling upon · stumbled upon

  1. figuratively To discover or find something by accident. Underneath a black cliff where the incoming tide smashed on the shingle, they stumbled upon the mail hood of Hrothgar's murdered vassal.
  2. figuratively To meet somebody by chance.

Similar: come across, come upon, stumble across, stumble on

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