stumble upon en · VERB
Meanings
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(figuratively) To discover or find something by accident.
Underneath a black cliff where the incoming tide smashed on the shingle, they stumbled upon the mail hood of Hrothgar's murdered vassal.
1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 35:During the course of his looking into Abedin’s S.G.E. status, the senator stumbled upon an O.I.G. “criminal” inquiry, commenced in October 2013, about whether Abedin knowingly got paid for hours she did not work while she was on vacation and maternity leave.
2016 January 31, “Is Huma Abedin Hillary Clinton’s Secret Weapon or Her Next Big Problem?”, in Vanity Fair, retrieved 21 Jan 2016:
- (figuratively) To meet somebody by chance.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stumbled upon | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| stumbled upon | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| stumbling upon | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| stumbles upon | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Synonyms
come across · stumble on · come upon · stumble across
Translations (35)
it imbattersi (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · uk натра́пити (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · es darse de bruces (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · pl napotkać (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · ca ensopegar amb (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · ru натыка́ться (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · ka გადააწყდება (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · da falde over (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · uk нашто́вхуватися (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · fr tomber sur (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · da støde tilfældigt på (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · no snuble over (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · ka წააწყდება (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · ru наткну́ться (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · hu belebotlik (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · uk наштовхну́тися (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · es toparse con (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · pl wpaść (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · pl wpadać (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · fi törmätä (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · de stolpern (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · pl natykać się (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · uk натрапля́ти (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · fi löytää sattumalta (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · uk натика́тися (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · uk наткну́тися (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · hu ráakad (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · ar عَثَرَ (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · pt tropeçar (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · hu rábukkan (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · pl natknąć się (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · pl natrafiać (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · pl natrafić (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · cmn 遇到 (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) · pl napotykać (to come across by accident; to discover by accident)