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chance upon
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Princeton's WordNet
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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chance uponverb
to find by chance
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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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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of chance upon in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of chance upon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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