CHANCE UPON


Meaning of CHANCE UPON in English

{v.} To happen to find or meet; find or meet by accident. * /On our vacation we chanced upon an interesting antique store./ * /Mary dropped her ring in the yard, and Mother chanced on it as she was raking./ Syn.: HAPPEN ON. Compare: RUN INTO.

Dictionary of English idioms .      Словарь английских идиом.