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Meanings of
happen upon
in English
Portuguese
encontrar
Catalan
descobrir
Spanish
descubrir
Back to the meaning
Find unexpectedly.
strike
discover
attain
fall upon
come upon
light upon
chance upon
come across
chance on
Portuguese
encontrar
Usage of
happen upon
in English
1
This isn't the sort of place you
happen
upon
by chance.
2
We haven't found it yet, so somebody's going to
happen
upon
the formula.
3
The adventurer with a pickaxe in Washoe may
happen
upon
like good fortune.
4
Treecats seldom mate outside their own clans, although it does
happen
upon
occasion.
5
Then-we
happen
upon
you outside the hotel we chose by chance!
6
There is also the option to report inappropriate images should you
happen
upon
some.
7
The In-Place cannot be found; you must
happen
upon
it!
8
Sometimes indeed we
happen
upon
music in unexpected quarters.
9
One of the more interesting, and seemingly out-of-place, creatures we
happen
upon
are Austral parakeets.
10
Or perhaps they may even
happen
upon
a DRAKE.
11
However, in general terms, here's what you should do if you
happen
upon
an accidental predator:
12
But if you should
happen
upon
an oasis, it is okay to let the camels drink.
13
You do
happen
upon
dads of those stripes, or roughly equivalent ones, every now and then.
14
They
happen
upon
a gun and shoot other kids, or a parent, or they shoot themselves.
15
You
happen
upon
them in the zip pocket after four years and feel simultaneously thrilled and irritated.
16
Your friend is fortunate indeed that you didn't
happen
upon
a vial of Narglespike or tharff sap.
Other examples for "happen upon"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
happen
upon
happen
Verb
Preposition
Translations for
happen upon
Portuguese
encontrar
achar
Catalan
descobrir
Spanish
descubrir
lograr
hallar
encontrarse
dar con
Happen upon
through the time
Happen upon
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common