See happen upon on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2017 July 16, Brandon Nowalk, “Chickens and dragons come home to roost on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:",
"text": "The old haunt that defines “Dragonstone” isn’t Dragonstone, though. It’s the house of that peasant father who took in the Hound and Arya, fed them, and gave them a good night’s sleep only to be robbed. In the present, the Brotherhood Without Banners happens upon the man’s house.",
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"To accidentally encounter a person or situation; to chance upon, happen on or stumble across."
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[
"encounter",
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"chance upon",
"chance upon"
],
[
"happen on",
"happen on"
],
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"stumble across",
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"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "gmj",
"sense": "to accidentally encounter a person or situation",
"word": "gm-m"
},
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"roman": "natrapljáty",
"sense": "to accidentally encounter a person or situation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "натрапля́ти"
},
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "to accidentally encounter a person or situation",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "натра́пити"
}
]
}
],
"word": "happen upon"
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"sense": "to accidentally encounter a person or situation",
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},
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"sense": "to accidentally encounter a person or situation",
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"word": "натрапля́ти"
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"sense": "to accidentally encounter a person or situation",
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"word": "натра́пити"
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],
"word": "happen upon"
}
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