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Also, stumble on. Find by chance, discover or meet with unexpectedly. For example, When we were hiking up the mountain we stumbled across a few abandoned shepherd's huts, or At the flea market Alfred stumbled on a quite valuable old lithograph. This idiom uses stumble in the sense of “accidentally trip.” [Mid-1500s]

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Families from the country frequently stumble across these places by accident.
Lights and Shadows of New York Life|James D. McCabe
He will not lower nor raise his voice for the sake of the profane and idle who may chance to stumble across his entertainment.
Style|Walter Raleigh
They keep digging around until they stumble across something and then tear things to pieces.
Spring Street|James H. Richardson
If you are unlucky enough to stumble across my path again, though, I shall be less merciful.
Jack Wright and His Electric Stage;|"Noname"

He did not accidentally stumble across success, but he deliberately aimed at what he hit.
In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays|Augustine Birrell

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