Come+upon
1come 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 …
2come upon — index discover, find (discover), invent (produce for the first time), locate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3come 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… …
4come 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… …
5come 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) …
6come 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 …
7come 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 …
8come 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,… …
9come 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… …
10come upon — phrasal to meet or find by chance ; come across < came upon an old friend > …
