Usually means: Accidentally encounter or find something.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. stumble upon: Merriam-Webster
  2. stumble upon: Wiktionary
  3. stumble upon: Dictionary.com
  4. Stumble upon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. Stumble upon: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Stumble upon: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Stumble upon: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stumble upon: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (stumble upon)

▸ verb:  (figuratively) To discover or find something by accident.
▸ verb:  (figuratively) To meet somebody by chance.

Similar:
stumble against, stumble across, stumble on, come upon, come across, happen across, find, happen upon, run across, stumble, more...

Opposite:
deliberately find, seek out, search for

Phrases:
stumble upon music, more...

Adjectives:
own, go, worst, outland, alight, hit, upstage, face down, goan, best, dree

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Similar:
stumble against, stumble across, stumble on, come upon, come across, happen across, find, happen upon, run across, stumble, more...

Opposite:
deliberately find, seek out, search for

Phrases:
stumble upon music, more...

Adjectives:
own, go, worst, outland, alight, hit, upstage, face down, goan, best, dree



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