come+upon
1come upon — [v] happen upon bump into*, chance, come across, encounter, meet; concepts 38,384 …
2come upon — ► come upon 1) attack by surprise. 2) see come on (sense 2). Main Entry: ↑come …
3come upon — (someone/something) to find or meet someone or something, esp. unexpectedly. We came upon a farmer setting a fire to clear off dead grass from the pasture …
4come upon — index discover, find (discover), invent (produce for the first time), locate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
5come upon — verb 1. find unexpectedly (Freq. 10) 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, ↑light upon, ↑ …
6come upon — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms come upon : present tense I/you/we/they come upon he/she/it comes upon present participle coming upon past tense came upon past participle come upon mainly literary 1) come upon someone/something to meet… …
7come upon — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you come upon someone or something, you meet them or find them by chance. [V P n] I came upon an irresistible item at a yard sale. Syn: come across 2) PHRASAL VERB If an attitude or feeling comes upon you, it begins to affect… …
8come upon — verb a) To come across; to encounter; to stumble upon; to discover or find, especially by chance or accident. We came upon the skeleton while we were hiking. b) …
9come upon — Synonyms and related words: alight upon, appear unexpectedly, arrive at, arrive upon, be unexpected, blunder upon, bob up, bump into, chance upon, come across, come among, come at, come on, come unawares, come up against, confront, creep up on,… …
10come upon — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. encounter, locate, happen on, light upon; see discover , find 1 , meet 6 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) vi. meet, encounter, chance, come across, bump into. III come (up)on (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To find or meet by… …
11come upon — phrasal to meet or find by chance ; come across < came upon an old friend > …
12come upon — 1》 attack by surprise. 2》 see come on (sense 2). → come …
13come upon — See: COME ON(3) …
14come upon — See: COME ON(3) …
15come\ upon — See: come on(3) …
16come upon — find, discover; happen upon, bump into, find by chance …
17come upon someone — come upon (someone/something) to find or meet someone or something, esp. unexpectedly. We came upon a farmer setting a fire to clear off dead grass from the pasture …
18come upon something — come upon (someone/something) to find or meet someone or something, esp. unexpectedly. We came upon a farmer setting a fire to clear off dead grass from the pasture …
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20come upon something — …
