See stumble against on Wiktionary
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"To discover or find accidentally."
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"(transitive, figuratively) To discover or find accidentally."
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"To meet (somebody) by chance."
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"(transitive, figuratively) To meet (somebody) by chance."
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"(transitive, figuratively) To meet (somebody) by chance."
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"sense": "to discover or find by accident",
"word": "tomber sur"
},
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"word": "tomber sur"
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"word": "stumble against"
}
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