come upon

British  

verb

1. (intr, preposition) to meet or encounter unexpectedly

   I came upon an old friend in the street today

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come upon Idioms  

1. see come across, def. 1; come on, def. 3.

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Example Sentences

"Assuring you of my prayers for the wellbeing of the nation, I invoke upon all of you the divine blessings of unity and peace."

From Reuters • Sep. 1, 2023

“With the assurance of my prayers, I invoke upon the nation the divine blessings of peace and joy.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2017

"I shall invoke upon him every condign imprecation," Dirksen would intone, with a quiver of his basset's jowls and the gold-gray ringlets of his hair.

From Time Magazine Archive

I said to her that there was but one thing wanting to complete our happiness: 'it is,' said I, 'to invoke upon our union the benediction of Heaven.

From Manon Lescaut by Prévost, Abbé

I invoke, upon my path To the King of Ireland's rath, The Almighty Power of the Trinity; Through belief in the Threeness, Through confession of the Oneness Of the Maker's Eternal Divinity.

From A Celtic Psaltery by Graves, Alfred Perceval

Related Words

• bump into
• come across