Chance upon
Chance upon verb - To come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face.
Detect and chance upon are semantically related. in happen upon topic. In some cases you can use "Detect" instead a verb "Chance upon", when it comes to topics like lay hands on.
Detect
Detect verb - To come upon after searching, study, or effort.
Chance upon and detect are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Chance upon" instead a verb "Detect".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- recognize and chance upon
- recognize and detect
- strike and chance upon
- strike and detect
- encounter and chance upon
- encounter and detect
- observe and chance upon
- observe and detect
- notice and chance upon
- notice and detect
- locate and chance upon
- locate and detect
- distinguish and chance upon
- distinguish and detect
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