Usually means: Accidentally encounter or find something.
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  1. chance upon: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. chance upon: Collins English Dictionary
  3. chance upon: Vocabulary.com
  4. chance upon: Wiktionary
  5. chance upon: Dictionary.com
  6. chance upon: Rhymezone
  7. chance upon: Free Dictionary
  8. chance upon: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. chance upon: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
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Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. chance upon: Medical dictionary

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  1. chance upon: Idioms

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verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To find (someone or something) by chance.

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