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stumbled upon

stumbled upon is the simple past and past participle of stumble upon.

Meaning of stumble upon

Verb

stumble upon (third-person singular simple present stumbles upon, present participle stumbling upon, simple past and past participle stumbled upon)

  1. (figuratively) To discover or find something by accident.
    • Underneath a black cliff where the incoming tide smashed on the shingle, they stumbled upon the mail hood of Hrothgar's murdered vassal.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 35
  2. (figuratively) To meet somebody by chance.

Questions about stumbled upon

What is stumbled upon the simple past and past participle of?
Stumbled upon is the simple past and past participle of stumble upon.

Words near stumbled upon in the dictionary

  1. stumbled across
  2. stumbled against
  3. stumbled into
  4. stumbled on
  5. stumbled onto
  6. stumbled upon
  7. stumbledrunk
  8. stumbledrunks
  9. stumbler
  10. stumblers
  11. stumbles

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