stumble across

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to discover or find something by accident
to meet somebody by chance
If you stumble across something or stumble on it, you find it or discover it unexpectedly. I stumbled across an extremely simple but very exact method for understanding where my money went History relates that they stumbled on a magnificent waterfall. = come across
stumble across

    Hyphenation

    stum·ble a·cross

    Turkish pronunciation

    stʌmbıl ıkrôs

    Pronunciation

    /ˈstəmbəl əˈkrôs/ /ˈstʌmbəl əˈkrɔːs/

    Etymology

    [ 'st&m-b&l ] (verb.) 14th century. Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect stumle to stumble; akin to Old Norse stemma to hinder; more at STEM.

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    ... When you pick up a newspaper, you often stumble across lots ...
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