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- chance upon (someone or something)
chance upon (someone or something)
chance upon (someone or something)
To happen upon someone or something accidentally or coincidentally. I chanced upon him in the library after work, and we got into a great conversation about Hemingway's works. I chanced upon a $20 bill on my way to school this morning!
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Uaithne | | - | Irish |
| Dardana | | dahr-DAHN-ah | Albanian |
| Tanya | | TAHN-yə (English), TAN-yə (English) | Russian, English |
| Bharat | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi |
| Oddmund | | - | Norwegian |
| Phares | | - | Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin |