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Definition of come upon

take possession of; "She entered upon the estate of her rich relatives"
find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"

Similar Words: enter upon, luck into, fall upon, strike, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover

Derivational Morphology: discovery, find, uncovering

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