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HAPPEN UPON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does happen upon mean? 

HAPPEN UPON (verb)
  The verb HAPPEN UPON has 1 sense:

1. find unexpectedlyplay

  Familiarity information: HAPPEN UPON used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HAPPEN UPON (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 "happen upon" 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


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