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phrasestumble upon
! Stumble upon is more formal than stumble on, and is used mostly in writing.
stumble on/upon sth not passive to discover something, especially something important or interesting, when you did not expect to and were not looking for it: Alexander went home, little knowing that he was about to stumble upon one of the greatest discoveries of this century. Whilst wandering around the backstreets, we stumbled on a wonderful little fish restaurant run by a local family.■ SIMILAR TO: stumble across
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