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Verb: come upon  kúm u'pón
  1. Find unexpectedly
    "she came upon a goldmine";
    - fall upon, strike, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover
     
  2. Take possession of
    - enter upon, luck into

Derived forms: comes upon, came upon, coming upon, come upon

Type of: acquire, find, get, regain

Nearest

come to hand
come to life
come to light
come to mind
come to nothing
come to terms with
come to the fore
come true
come up
come up trumps
come upon
come what may
come with
come-at-able
comeback
Comecon
comedian
comedic
comedienne
comedo
comedogen