come upon

phrase

: to meet or find by chance : come across

came upon an old friend

Examples of come upon in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But according to Galloway, shortly before his death in 1989, a friend came upon an infirm Olivier watching one of Leigh’s films. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026

Jackie Aguilar came upon the snake while walking on the beach in Crystal Cove with her family last Friday night. — Lesley Marin, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

But that’s not the only rare find the Owens’ women come upon overseas. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026

The 2026 total solar eclipse finally came upon us, marking the first total solar eclipse visible from parts of mainland Europe in almost three decades. — Claire Cameron & Lee Billings, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1622, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for come upon

• agamemnon
• automaton
• diencephalon
• panopticon
• phenomenon
• aileron
• antiphon
• autobahn
• carillon
• castellan
• celadon
• cephalon