'chance upon' definitions:
Definition of 'chance upon'
From: WordNet
verb
Find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake" [syn: fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover]
Synonyms of 'chance upon'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alight upon,
- blunder upon,
- bump into,
- come across,
- come on,
- come up against,
- come upon,
- discover serendipitously,
- encounter,
- fall in with,
- happen upon,
- hit upon,
- light upon,
- meet up with,
- meet with,
- run across,
- run into,
- run up against,
- stumble on,
- stumble upon,
- tumble on