stumble upon

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to discover something or meet someone unexpectedly, without deliberately searching

   Prepositional verb · Inseparable

   stumble upon someone/something

   Usage: The unexpected find or person follows upon: stumble upon a letter, stumble upon it. Do not put the discovered item inside the expression.

   You may stumble upon useful information while sorting through the old files.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   You may stumble upon useful information while sorting through the old files.

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