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stumble upon

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of STUMBLE

to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face <stumbled upon an old acquaintance at the airport>

Synonyms catch, chance (upon), encounter, happen (upon), stumble (upon)

Related Words accost, confront; face, greet, salute; collide (with), crash (into); crisscross, cross, pass; hit (upon), light (upon), tumble (to); reencounter, remeet

Near Antonyms avoid, dodge, duck, elude, escape, evade, shake, shun

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