Definition of Chance upon

1. Verb. Find unexpectedly. "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"

Exact synonyms: Attain, Chance On, Come Across, Come Upon, Discover, Fall Upon, Happen Upon, Light Upon, Strike
Generic synonyms: Find, Regain
Derivative terms: Discovery, Discovery

Definition of Chance upon

1. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) to find by chance ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chance Upon

champs
champurrado
chams
chamæleon
chamæleons
chanal
chanar
chance'd be a fine thing
chance(a)
chance-half correlation
chance-medley
chance event
chance fracture
chance on
chance one's arm
chance upon (current term)
chance variable
chance would be a fine thing
chanceable
chanceably
chanced
chanceful
chancel
chancel organ
chanceler
chanceless
chanceller
chancelleries
chancellery
chancellor

Literary usage of Chance upon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Locusts and Wild Honey by John Burroughs (1884)
"Among your stores of honey gathered before midsummer you may chance upon a card, or mayhap only a square inch or two of comb, in which the liquid is as ..."

2. A Zulu-English Dictionary with Notes on Pronunciation, a Revised Orthography by Alfred T. Bryant (1905)
"... lets fly with his stick in all and every direction hoping thereby to chance upon somebody ; or when, by making enquiries among a lot of children, ..."

3. The Economic Review by Christian Social Union (Great Britain), Oxford University Branch (1897)
"On the other hand, he will get a good deal of sporadic information, and may occasionally chance upon a fruitful idea or suggestion ; but he will have to do ..."

4. What to Wear? by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1873)
"However, if you chance upon such a woman physician as you are more than likely to chance upon, — for you will leave the twenty-three to search for the ..."

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