Come upon and See

Come upon

Come upon verb - Find unexpectedly.
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Synonyms for Come upon

See and come upon are semantically related. In some cases you can use "See" instead a verb "Come upon".

See

See verb - To make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes.

Come upon and see are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Come upon" instead a verb "See".

Nearby Words: seen, seeing

Both terms in one sentence

  • Out of Focus Come upon the second trailer, and we see that she now shares the spotlight with Serah and Noel.
    Source: Out of Focus
  • Film / Prometheus They see the aliens in the recordings running away, indicating that clearly something went wrong, and they come upon one that had its head decapitated by a gigantic door.
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