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 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 …
10come 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 …
