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Noun coming upon has 1 sense
- encounter, coming upon - a casual meeting with a person of thing
--1 is a kind of joining, connection, connexion
Verb come upon has 2 senses
- fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover - find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
--1 is one way to find, regain
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- enter upon, come upon, luck into - take possession of; "She entered upon the estate of her rich relatives"
--2 is one way to get, acquire
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
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