fall upon

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fall upon - find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"

chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, happen upon, light upon, attain, discover, strike

regain, find - come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"

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air bag albedo assail assault attack attain befall chance on chance upon come across come upon Difficultly discover fall fall on Gross average happen upon Indirect vision insolation			It is better to sound a person, with whom one deals afar off, than to fall upon the point at first; except you mean to surprise him by some short question. The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context The greater number of the young women, who envied Anna and had long been weary of hearing her called virtuous, rejoiced at the fulfillment of their predictions, and were only waiting for a decisive turn in public opinion to fall upon her with all the weight of their scorn. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context But he would not, and said that it would be a very hazardous thing; for if the least ray of the torch-light should fall upon him his enchantment would become still worse, for he should be changed into a dove, and be forced to wander about the world for seven long years. Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context			fall for fall from grace fall guy Fall herring fall in fall in line fall in love fall in with fall into fall into place fall like dominoes fall line Fall of Man fall off fall on fall open fall out fall over fall over backwards Fall River fall short fall short of fall through fall to fall under fall upon fall webworm fall-back position fall-blooming fall-blooming hydrangea fall-board fall-flowering Falla fallacious Fallaciousness fallacy fallacy of many questions fallal fallalery Fallax fallback fallboard fallen fallen arch fallen arches Fallency faller fallfish fallibility fallible Fallibly			fall through the net fall through the net fall through the net fall thru Fall time Fall time fall to fall to fall to fall to fall to fall to knees fall to knees fall to knees fall to knees fall to lot fall to lot fall to lot fall to lot fall to lot Fall to Pieces Fall to Pieces Fall to Pieces (track) fall to the rear Fall Together Fall Together fall toward fall under fall under fall under spell fall upon fall velocity Fall Vision Meeting Fall Walleye Index Netting fall webworm Fall Webworm Moth fall wide of the mark Fall Wind Fall Wind fall within Fall Workshop on Computational Geometry Fall, Albert Bacon fall, the Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer fall-back position fall-blooming fall-blooming hydrangea fall-board fall-flowering fall-off Fall-out Fall-out Fall-out Fall-out Fall-out Fall-Out Risk Fall-Out Risks fall-pipe fall-pipe fall-streak hole Falla

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