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Verb: happen upon  'ha-pun u'pón
  1. Find or encounter unexpectedly
    "We happened upon a quaint little café during our walk";
    - fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, discover

Derived forms: happens upon, happened upon, happening upon

Type of: find, regain