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chancing (upon)

verb , present participle of chance (upon)

Synonyms and Antonyms of chancing (upon)

1 to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face

chanced upon my archenemy as I rounded a corner

Synonyms of chancing (upon)

catching, encountering, happening (upon), meeting, stumbling (upon)

Words Related to chancing (upon)

accosting, confronting

facing, greeting, saluting

colliding (with), crashing (into)

crisscrossing, crossing, passing

hitting (upon), lighting (upon), tumbling (to)

reencountering (or re-encountering), remeeting

Phrases Synonymous with chancing (upon)

bumping into, crossing paths (with), running across, running into, running upon

Near Antonyms of chancing (upon)

avoiding, dodging, ducking, eluding, escaping, evading, shaking, shunning

2 to come upon unexpectedly or by chance

I chanced upon your mother in the grocery store yesterday

Synonyms of chancing (upon)

encountering, finding, happening (on or upon), hitting (upon), lighting (on or upon), meeting, pitching (upon), stumbling (on or onto), tumbling (upon)

Words Related to chancing (upon)

lucking (out, on, onto, or into)

confronting, facing

discovering, striking, turning up

Phrases Synonymous with chancing (upon)

bumping into, coming across, running across, running against, running into, running upon

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