Stumble upon
Stumble upon verb - To come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face.
Take
Take verb - To reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms.
Stumble upon is an antonym for take.
Both terms in one sentence
- Sadistic Choice: Three Pashtun goatherds (one of them just a boy) stumble upon the SEAL team, and the SEALs take them captive.
Source: Literature / Lone Survivor - The real reason, though, is that the military really doesn't want to take any chances of some random reporter, motocross champion or mechanic to stumble upon the military's real role in the outbreak.
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The Dimensional Guardians from the web fiction serial Dimension Heroes are more or less bumbling fools when they first stumble upon their Guardian powers, but gradually learn to control them as they fight, to the point that they're able to take down a dark force that threatens their very dimension.
Source: Taught by Experience
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