come+by+chance
101come upon — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms come upon : present tense I/you/we/they come upon he/she/it comes upon present participle coming upon past tense came upon past participle come upon mainly literary 1) come upon someone/something to meet… …
102chance on — (Roget s Thesaurus II) (or upon) verb To find or meet by chance: bump into, come across, come on (or upon), find, happen on (or upon), light on (or upon), run across, run into, stumble on (or upon), tumble on. Archaic: alight on (or upon). Idiom …
103come about — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms come about : present tense I/you/we/they come about he/she/it comes about present participle coming about past tense came about past participle come about 1) to happen, especially by chance come about… …
104come off it — [in imperative] informal said when vigorously expressing disbelief * * * come off it informal : to stop talking or acting in a foolish way usually used as an interjection “I could be a pro golfer if I really tried.” “Oh, come off it! You re not… …
105come up against — Synonyms and related words: alight upon, blunder upon, bring to bay, bump into, chance upon, close with, come across, come among, come on, come upon, confront, discover serendipitously, encounter, fall across, fall among, fall foul of, fall in… …
106come across — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you come across something or someone, you find them or meet them by chance. [V P n] He came across the jawbone of a 4.5 million year old marsupial... [V P n] We like to identify and celebrate women s success whenever we come… …
107come along — 1) PHRASAL VERB You tell someone to come along to encourage them in a friendly way to do something, especially to attend something. [V P] There s a big press launch today and you re most welcome to come along. 2) CONVENTION You say come along to… …
108chance upon — Synonyms and related words: alight upon, blunder upon, bump into, come across, come on, come up against, come upon, discover serendipitously, encounter, fall in with, happen upon, hit upon, light upon, meet up with, meet with, run across, run… …
109chance — illegitimate From the unplanned nature of such impregnations in many standard English and dialect phrases such as chance bairn, begot, born, child, and come: Chance children , as they are called... are rare among the young women of the… …
110come to do something — 1) to finally reach a state in which something happens or you do something She had come to regard him as one of her few real friends. the man who had come to symbolize the Franco American alliance 2) to do something by chance I m just explaining… …
