- come upon
- phrasal
to meet or find by chance ; come across <came upon an old friend>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
come upon
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come upon — [v] happen upon bump into*, chance, come across, encounter, meet; concepts 38,384 … New thesaurus
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come upon — (someone/something) to find or meet someone or something, esp. unexpectedly. We came upon a farmer setting a fire to clear off dead grass from the pasture … New idioms dictionary
come upon — index discover, find (discover), invent (produce for the first time), locate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
come upon — verb 1. find unexpectedly (Freq. 10) the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb she struck a goldmine The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake • Syn: ↑fall upon, ↑strike, ↑light upon, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
come upon — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms come upon : present tense I/you/we/they come upon he/she/it comes upon present participle coming upon past tense came upon past participle come upon mainly literary 1) come upon someone/something to meet… … English dictionary
come upon — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you come upon someone or something, you meet them or find them by chance. [V P n] I came upon an irresistible item at a yard sale. Syn: come across 2) PHRASAL VERB If an attitude or feeling comes upon you, it begins to affect… … English dictionary
come upon — verb a) To come across; to encounter; to stumble upon; to discover or find, especially by chance or accident. We came upon the skeleton while we were hiking. b) … Wiktionary
come upon someone — come upon (someone/something) to find or meet someone or something, esp. unexpectedly. We came upon a farmer setting a fire to clear off dead grass from the pasture … New idioms dictionary
come upon something — come upon (someone/something) to find or meet someone or something, esp. unexpectedly. We came upon a farmer setting a fire to clear off dead grass from the pasture … New idioms dictionary
come upon — Synonyms and related words: alight upon, appear unexpectedly, arrive at, arrive upon, be unexpected, blunder upon, bob up, bump into, chance upon, come across, come among, come at, come on, come unawares, come up against, confront, creep up on,… … Moby Thesaurus
