{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.
CHANCE UPON
Meaning of CHANCE UPON in English
Dictionary of English idioms . Словарь английских идиом. 2012