chance upon
idiom
variants
or less commonly chance on
formal
: to find (something) or meet (someone) by chance
She chanced upon an original copy of the book in her grandfather's attic.
I chanced on an article in the paper about that just the other day.
I was shopping in a rare book store when I chanced on a friend I had not seen in years.
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