come uponsomeone/something
phrasal verbwithcomeverbuk/kʌm/us/kʌm/came|come
formaltofindsomething ormeetsomeoneunexpectedly:
I came upon thisbookin theattic- would you like it?
Finding and discovering
- a fishing expeditionidiom
- ascertain
- break (fresh/new) groundidiom
- breakthrough
- bringsomethingto lightidiom
- catchsomeonered-handedidiom
- flushsomeone/somethingout
- fossick
- found
- geocache
- pinpoint
- putsomeoneontosomething
- putyourfinger onsomethingidiom
- rake
- rakesomethingout
- red-handed
- rediscover
- rumble
- sniff
- uncover