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stumble across/on/upon something/someone phrasal verb with stumbleverbuk /ˈstʌm.bəl/ us /ˈstʌm.bəl/ C2 to discover something by chance, or to meet someone by chance: 偶然发现;撞见;邂逅 Workmen stumbled upon the mosaic while digging foundations for a new building.工人们在挖一栋新楼的地基时偶然发现了那幅镶嵌画。 Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples to find someone or something findI've looked everywhere for my keys but can't find them. discoverThe missing wallet was discovered under the chair. locatePolice are still trying to locate the suspect. uncoverReporters uncovered evidence of corruption. unearthOur investigation unearthed mountains of evidence that implicated the city. come acrossWe came across a lovely little restaurant in the village. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Finding and discovering ascertain break (fresh/new) groundidiom breakthrough bring something to lightidiom catch someone red-handedidiom flush someone/something out fossick found geocache geocaching homing pinpoint plumb rake something out red-handed rediscover rediscovery refind sniff suss |