RAN UPON Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

ran upon

phrase

past tense of run upon

as in found

to come upon unexpectedly or by chance The boy ran upon a small house while exploring the woods.

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to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face We ran upon our neighbor in the grocery store.

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Over the past several years, when other universities in the system ran into trouble on any variety of issues, the BOR and CSCU relied on CCSU to send a team to find solutions.

— Dr. Matthew Warshauer, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
Instead, Shawn ran into the kitchen, where his mother stood at the sink, and clung to her side.

— Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

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Verity’s loving husband, Jeremy (Josh Hartnett) is fully on board for this idea, and in fact accidentally bumped into Lowen on the street and site of a bloody accident that shakes her up as a dead man’s blood was splattered all over her.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026
The final season jumped around time to show all the ways the gang had bumped into Tracy.

— Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of bumped into

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