CHANCE ON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chance on mean? 

• CHANCE ON (verb)
  The verb CHANCE ON has 1 sense:

1. find unexpectedly

  Familiarity information: CHANCE ON used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHANCE ON (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Find unexpectedly

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

attain; chance on; chance upon; come across; come upon; discover; fall upon; happen upon; light upon; strike

Context example:

The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake

Hypernyms (to "chance on" is one way to...):

find; regain (come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

Martin had encountered his sister Gertrude by chance on Broadway—as it proved, a most propitious yet disconcerting chance.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

On the other hand, it seemed an unthinkable coincidence that a man should dare to enter the room, and that by chance on that very day the papers were on the table.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)