happen on/upon

phrasal verb

happened on/upon; happening on/upon; happens on/upon

Definition of happen on/upon

literary + old-fashioned

: to find or meet (someone or something) by chance She happened on a little cottage in the woods. I happened upon them at the grocery store.

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