chance upon

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English

Pronunciation

Audio (AU): (file)
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Verb

chance upon (third-person singular simple present chances upon, present participle chancing upon, simple past and past participle chanced upon)

(transitive, idiomatic) to find by chance

Synonyms

Translations

find, usually by accident

French: tomber du ciel (fr)
Greek: τυχαίνω (el) (tychaíno)
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Hungarian: ráakad (hu), rábukkan (hu), belebotlik (hu)
Maori: matawhaia, tūpono

References

“chance”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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