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come upon
verb
- intr, preposition to meet or encounter unexpectedly
I came upon an old friend in the street today
Idioms and Phrases
see come across , def. 1; come on , def. 3.Example Sentences
We have wept that God may show his beneficence his mercy and that his peace may come upon the people of Pakistan.
Tony had come upon her on May 8, 1945, the day of the German surrender.
How did you first come upon that cocktail for writing success, and has the routine evolved over your career?
The caller handed her phone to a man who had come upon the scene while walking his dog.
There is a wonderful old Indian tale about three blind men who come upon an elephant and ask, "What is this?"
Never was a change more remarkable than that which had come upon Mrs. Collingwood.
It wasn't far, so we kept on, and presently it developed that we had accidentally come upon old Piegan Smith.
She gave details of the singular mood that had come upon her with the arrival of Tony, but Tom hardly heard her.
Happening to walk down the Rue Saint Honoré, he had come upon tragedy.
The name of a child that is to be born: many evils shall come upon the Jews for their sins.
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