'light upon' definitions:
Definition of 'light 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 'light upon'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alight upon,
- arrive at,
- arrive upon,
- blunder upon,
- bump into,
- chance upon,
- come across,
- come among,
- come at,
- come down on,
- come on,
- come up against,
- come upon,
- confront,
- descend upon,
- discover serendipitously,
- drop on,
- encounter,
- fall across,
- fall among,
- fall foul of,
- fall in with,
- fall on,
- fall upon,
- get at,
- happen upon,
- hit upon,
- meet,
- meet head-on,
- meet up with,
- meet with,
- pitch upon,
- reach,
- run across,
- run into,
- run smack into,
- run up against,
- run upon,
- settle on,
- strike upon,
- stumble on,
- stumble upon,
- tumble on