Discover
Fall upon
Fall upon verb - Find unexpectedly.
Discover is a synonym for fall upon in happen upon topic. You can use "Discover" instead a verb "Fall upon".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- strike and discover
- strike and fall upon
- encounter and discover
- encounter and fall upon
- hit and discover
- hit and fall upon
- come across and discover
- come across and fall upon
- happen upon and discover
- happen upon and fall upon
- come upon and discover
- come upon and fall upon
- attain and discover
- attain and fall upon
Both terms in one sentence
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When our heroes explore the remains of an old and long since abandoned craft they may discover to their shock and surprise, as the light of their lamps fall upon the members of the craft's crew, that they are still dutifully manning their stations as skeletons or mummified corpses.
Source: Skeleton Crew
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