Usually means: Discover or encounter by chance.
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  1. light upon: Merriam-Webster
  2. light upon: Vocabulary.com
  3. light upon: Dictionary.com
  4. light upon: Rhymezone
  5. light upon: FreeDictionary.org
  6. light upon: Mnemonic Dictionary
  7. light upon: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. light upon: Wiktionary

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  1. light upon: Legal dictionary

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  1. light upon: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (light upon)

▸ verb:  To find or think of something unexpectedly; to come upon something by accident.

Similar:
discover, come upon, strike, chance on, chance upon, happen upon, come across, hit upon, fall on, light, more...

Phrases:
shed light upon, shedding light upon, shining a light upon, more...

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Similar:
discover, come upon, strike, chance on, chance upon, happen upon, come across, hit upon, fall on, light, more...

Phrases:
shed light upon, shedding light upon, shining a light upon, more...



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