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chanced upon

chanced upon is the simple past and past participle 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.

Questions about chanced upon

What is chanced upon the simple past and past participle of?
Chanced upon is the simple past and past participle of chance upon.

Words near chanced upon in the dictionary

  1. chanceably
  2. chanced
  3. chanced on
  4. chanced one's arm
  5. chanced the ducks
  6. chanced upon
  7. chanceful
  8. chancefully
  9. chancel
  10. chancel organ
  11. chancel organs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chanced upon (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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