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Definition of Chance upon
1. Verb. Find unexpectedly. "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
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
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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