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chance upon

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discoververb

    find unexpectedly

    "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"

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  1. chance uponverb

    to find by chance

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  1. chance upon

    To "chance upon" means to find or encounter something or someone unexpectedly or by accident. It implies that you did not purposely seek out or plan to discover what you found, but you stumbled upon it by coincidence or through unplanned circumstances.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of chance upon in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of chance upon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of chance upon in a Sentence

  1. Laura Jaworski:

    What do I carry wherever I go What will spring up from the seeds that I sow What can I safeguard, create, and release And offer each soul that I chance upon— peace.


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