Come upon

Synonyms for "come upon" (65 found)

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Closest matches (13)

alight uponappear unexpectedlyarrive atarrive uponbe unexpectedblunder uponbob upbump intocatchchance upon
Verb(3 words)
attainchancechance on

Strong matches (20)

Verb(5 words)
chance uponcome acrossdiscoverenter uponfall upon
come acrosscome amongcome atcome oncome unawarescome up againstconfrontcreep up ondiscover serendipitouslyencounterfall acrossfall amongfall foul offall in withfall upon

Related words (32)

Noun(1 words)
flash upon oneget athappenhappen uponhit uponlight uponmeetmeet head onmeet head-onmeet up withmeet withovertakepitch uponpop uppounce uponreachrun acrossrun intorun smack intorun up against
Show 7 more words
run uponstrike uponstumble onstumble upontumbletumble onturn up
Verb(4 words)
happen uponlight uponluck intostrike

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Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

We came upon the skeleton while we were hiking.

Source: wiktionary

Kala sometimes talked with the older females about her young hopeful, but none of them could understand how a child could be so slow and backward in learning to care for itself. Why, it could not even find food alone, and more than twelve moons had passed since Kala had come upon it.

Source: wiktionary

I pray no harm will come upon you.

Source: wiktionary