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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 unexpectedly
Familiarity information: HAPPEN UPON used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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