happen on

English

Verb

happen on (third-person singular simple present happens on, present participle happening on, simple past and past participle happened on)

  1. to find by chance
    Yesterday I happened on the solution while we were seeing a movie on the couch; such things just happen along, by sheer happenstance.

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