Avoid
Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Stumble upon is an antonym for avoid.
Stumble upon
Stumble upon verb - To come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face.
Usage example: stumbled upon an old acquaintance at the airport
Both terms in one sentence
- After being chased out of their hometown, their efforts to escape and avoid detection lead them to stumble upon something greater than they would ever have expected.
Source: Fanfic Recs / Tales of Symphonia -
There's even an easier way where you can just waltz straight into the construction site (you may even stumble upon this route by accident!) and destroy it effortlessly if you avoid the guards since said route is neither walled off nor filled to the brim with guards.
Source: Video Game / Age of Empires II
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