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FALL UPON

Pronunciation (US):

• FALL UPON (verb)
The verb FALL UPON has 1 sense:

1. find unexpectedly

Familiarity information: FALL UPON used as a verb is very rare.

• FALL UPON (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Find unexpectedly

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

chance on; chance upon; come across; come upon; light upon; fall upon; happen upon; attain; discover; strike

Context examples:

the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb / she struck a goldmine / The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake

Hypernyms (to "fall upon" is one way to...):

find; regain (come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

"Beggars can't be choosers."
(English proverb)
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder."
(Thomas Haynes Bayly)
"Get together like brothers, and work together like strangers."
(Arabic proverb)
"Hunger drives the wolf from its den."
(Corsican proverb)

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