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chance on

chance on is the alternative form of chance upon.

Meaning of chance upon

Verb

chance upon (third-person singular simple present chances upon, present participle chancing upon, simple past and past participle chanced upon)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To find (someone or something) by chance.

Forms of chance on

third-person singular presentchances on
present participlechancing on
past participlechanced on
pastchanced on

Questions about chance on

What is chance on the alternative form of?
Chance on is the alternative form of chance upon.

Words near chance on in the dictionary

  1. chance acquaintance
  2. chance acquaintances
  3. chance card
  4. chance cards
  5. Chance Cove
  6. chance on
  7. chance one's arm
  8. chance passenger
  9. chance the ducks
  10. chance upon
  11. chance would be a fine thing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chance on (page history and authors); chance upon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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