COME UPON


Meaning of COME UPON in English

1.

If you ~ someone or something, you meet them or find them by chance.

I came upon an irresistible item at a yard sale.

= come across

PHRASAL VERB: V P n

2.

If an attitude or feeling comes upon you, it begins to affect you. (LITERARY)

A sense of impending doom came upon all of us.

PHRASAL VERB: V P n

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