"stumble across" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: stumbles across [present, singular, third-person], stumbling across [participle, present], stumbled across [participle, past], stumbled across [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} stumble across (third-person singular simple present stumbles across, present participle stumbling across, simple past and past participle stumbled across)
  1. (transitive) To discover or find (something) by accident. Tags: transitive Synonyms: come across, come upon, stumble on, stumble upon Translations (to come across by accident; to discover by accident): snuble over (Norwegian), натыкаться (natykatʹsja) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-stumble_across-en-verb-vVQ33tlv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (across) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (across): 80 20 Disambiguation of 'to come across by accident; to discover by accident': 89 11
  2. (transitive) To meet (somebody) by chance. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-stumble_across-en-verb-RpolCnsL

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To meet (somebody) by chance."
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