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HAPPEN UPON
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Find unexpectedly
Example:
The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake
Synonyms:
attain; chance on; chance upon; come across; come upon; discover; fall upon; happen upon; light upon; strike
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "happen upon" is one way to...):
find; regain (come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
