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"(figuratively) To discover or find something by accident."
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"roman": "ʕaṯara",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "عَثَرَ"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "ensopegar amb"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yùdào",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "遇到"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "falde over"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "støde tilfældigt på"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "törmätä"
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{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "löytää sattumalta"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "tomber sur"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "stolpern"
},
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"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "ráakad"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "rábukkan"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "belebotlik"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "snuble over"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "tropeçar"
},
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "natykátʹsja",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "натыка́ться"
},
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"_dis1": "88 12",
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"roman": "natknútʹsja",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "наткну́ться"
},
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"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "toparse con"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "darse de bruces"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "natrapljáty",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "натрапля́ти"
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"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "natrápyty",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
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],
"word": "натра́пити"
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"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
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"word": "натика́тися"
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"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
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"word": "наткну́тися"
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"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "naštóvxuvatysja",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "нашто́вхуватися"
},
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"_dis1": "88 12",
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"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "naštovxnútysja",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
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"word": "наштовхну́тися"
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"To meet somebody by chance."
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"(figuratively) To meet somebody by chance."
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"_dis1": "51 49",
"word": "come across"
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{
"_dis1": "51 49",
"word": "come upon"
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{
"_dis1": "51 49",
"word": "stumble across"
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{
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"word": "stumble on"
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"text": "During the course of his looking into Abedin’s S.G.E. status, the senator stumbled upon an O.I.G. “criminal” inquiry, commenced in October 2013, about whether Abedin knowingly got paid for hours she did not work while she was on vacation and maternity leave.",
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"(figuratively) To discover or find something by accident."
],
"tags": [
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"To meet somebody by chance."
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"(figuratively) To meet somebody by chance."
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{
"word": "come upon"
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{
"word": "stumble across"
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{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕaṯara",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "عَثَرَ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "ensopegar amb"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yùdào",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "遇到"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "falde over"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "støde tilfældigt på"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "törmätä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "löytää sattumalta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "tomber sur"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "stolpern"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "ráakad"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "rábukkan"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "belebotlik"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "snuble over"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "tropeçar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "natykátʹsja",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "натыка́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "natknútʹsja",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "наткну́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "toparse con"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"word": "darse de bruces"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "natrapljáty",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "натрапля́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "natrápyty",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "натра́пити"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "natykátysja",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "натика́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "natknútysja",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "наткну́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "naštóvxuvatysja",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "нашто́вхуватися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "naštovxnútysja",
"sense": "to come across by accident; to discover by accident",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "наштовхну́тися"
}
],
"word": "stumble upon"
}
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