We stumbled across him in the library.
A journalist finally stumbled on the truth.
English dictionary. 2014.
stumble upon — stumble (up)on (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To find or meet by chance: bump into, chance on (or upon), come across, come on (or upon), find, happen on (or upon), light on (or upon), run across, run into, tumble on. Archaic: alight on (or upon).… … English dictionary for students
stumble upon — ˈstumble a ˌcross ˈstumble on ˈstumble up ˌon [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they stumble across he/she/it stumbles across … Useful english dictionary
stumble upon — Synonyms and related words: alight upon, arrive at, arrive upon, blunder upon, bump into, chance upon, come across, come at, come on, come up against, come upon, discover serendipitously, encounter, fall in with, fall upon, get at, happen upon,… … Moby Thesaurus
stumble upon — verb a) To discover or find something by accident. b) To meet somebody by chance. Syn: come across, come upon, stumble across, stumble on … Wiktionary
stumble upon — See stumble on … New dictionary of synonyms
stumble upon something — ˈstumble across/on/upon sth/sb derived to discover sth/sb unexpectedly • Police have stumbled across a huge drugs ring. • I stumbled across Thompson outside the hotel. Main entry: ↑stumblederived … Useful english dictionary
stumble upon somebody — ˈstumble across/on/upon sth/sb derived to discover sth/sb unexpectedly • Police have stumbled across a huge drugs ring. • I stumbled across Thompson outside the hotel. Main entry: ↑stumblederived … Useful english dictionary
stumble across — phrasal verb stumble across or stumble on or stumble upon [transitive] Word forms stumble across : present tense I/you/we/they stumble across he/she/it stumbles across present participle stumbling across past tense stumbled across past participle … English dictionary
stumble on — phrasal verb stumble across or stumble on or stumble upon [transitive] Word forms stumble across : present tense I/you/we/they stumble across he/she/it stumbles across present participle stumbling across past tense stumbled across past participle … English dictionary
stumble on — verb a) to discover or find something by accident b) to meet somebody by chance Syn: come across, come upon, stumble across, stumble upon … Wiktionary
