chance upon, v.
find unexpectedly
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attain chance on chance upon come across come upon discover fall upon happen upon light upon strike
sample sentences
"the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb""she struck a goldmine"
"The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
verb frames
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