"come upon" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "comes upon",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coming upon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "came upon",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "come upon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "come<,,came,come> upon"
      },
      "expansion": "come upon (third-person singular simple present comes upon, present participle coming upon, simple past came upon, past participle come upon)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (upon)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English verb forms using redundant wikisyntax",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "word": "come upon the parish"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
          "word": "come upon the town"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We came upon the skeleton while we were hiking."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To discover or find, especially by chance or accident."
      ],
      "id": "en-come_upon-en-verb-AxpOIrtt",
      "links": [
        [
          "discover",
          "discover"
        ],
        [
          "find",
          "find"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "come across"
        },
        {
          "word": "encounter"
        },
        {
          "word": "stumble upon"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to come across; to discover",
          "word": "tar ar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to come across; to discover",
          "word": "imbattersi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to come across; to discover",
          "word": "inveniō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to come across; to discover",
          "word": "komme over"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to come across; to discover",
          "word": "natknąć się"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "natykátʹsja",
          "sense": "to come across; to discover",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "натыка́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "natknútʹsja",
          "sense": "to come across; to discover",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "наткну́ться"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I pray no harm will come upon you."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To befall; to affect; to happen to."
      ],
      "id": "en-come_upon-en-verb-uNrd1xJo",
      "links": [
        [
          "befall",
          "befall"
        ],
        [
          "affect",
          "affect"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "biqiman",
          "sense": "to befall; to affect",
          "word": "𐌱𐌹𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nastigátʹ",
          "sense": "to befall; to affect",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "настига́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nastígnutʹ",
          "sense": "to befall; to affect",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "насти́гнуть"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "come upon"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English irregular past participles",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (upon)",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "English verb forms using redundant wikisyntax",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "come upon the parish"
    },
    {
      "word": "come upon the town"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "comes upon",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coming upon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "came upon",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "come upon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "come<,,came,come> upon"
      },
      "expansion": "come upon (third-person singular simple present comes upon, present participle coming upon, simple past came upon, past participle come upon)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We came upon the skeleton while we were hiking."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To discover or find, especially by chance or accident."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "discover",
          "discover"
        ],
        [
          "find",
          "find"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "come across"
        },
        {
          "word": "encounter"
        },
        {
          "word": "stumble upon"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I pray no harm will come upon you."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To befall; to affect; to happen to."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "befall",
          "befall"
        ],
        [
          "affect",
          "affect"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to come across; to discover",
      "word": "tar ar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to come across; to discover",
      "word": "imbattersi"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to come across; to discover",
      "word": "inveniō"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to come across; to discover",
      "word": "komme over"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to come across; to discover",
      "word": "natknąć się"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "natykátʹsja",
      "sense": "to come across; to discover",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "натыка́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "natknútʹsja",
      "sense": "to come across; to discover",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "наткну́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "biqiman",
      "sense": "to befall; to affect",
      "word": "𐌱𐌹𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nastigátʹ",
      "sense": "to befall; to affect",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "настига́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nastígnutʹ",
      "sense": "to befall; to affect",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "насти́гнуть"
    }
  ],
  "word": "come upon"
}