Fall Upon (Verb)
Meaning
Find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The researchers stumbled upon a groundbreaking discovery that changed their entire approach to the project.
- The travelers accidentally fell upon a hidden waterfall while trekking through the dense jungle.
- While exploring the attic, she came upon an old trunk that had been collecting dust for decades.
- The developers struck upon a brilliant solution to the complex coding problem they had been facing.
- A group of hikers chanced upon an ancient settlement deep in the mountains.