Usually means: Accidentally encounter or discover something.
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  1. happen upon: Merriam-Webster
  2. happen upon: Collins English Dictionary
  3. happen upon: Vocabulary.com
  4. happen upon: Wiktionary
  5. happen upon: Dictionary.com
  6. happen upon: Rhymezone
  7. happen upon: FreeDictionary.org
  8. happen upon: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. happen upon: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (happen upon)

▸ verb:  To accidentally encounter a person or situation; to chance upon, happen on or stumble across.

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



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