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Antonyms for happen upon
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : hap-uhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæp ən |
- abstain
- avoid
- be immune
- depart
- disbelieve
- displace
- drop
- fail
- fall short
- forfeit
- free
- give
- ignore
- leave
- let go
- lose
- lower
- measure
- miss
- misunderstand
- move
- neglect
- not touch
- offer
- overlook
- pass
- pass by
- pass up
- prove
- question
- refuse
- reject
- release
- sell
- spend
- surrender
- tap
- throw away
- weaken
- wonder
- worsen
- yield
Definition of happen upon
Origin :- c.1300, "to come to pass, occur," originally "occur by hap, to have the (good or bad) fortune (to do, be, etc.);" see hap (n.). Replaced Old English gelimpan, gesceon, and Middle English befall. In Middle English fel it hap meant "it happened." Related: Happened; happening.
- As in locate : verb find
- As in pick up : verb obtain, find
- As in strike : verb find, discover
- As in come across : verb encounter, find
- As in find : verb catch sight of, lay hands on
- As in guess : verb try to figure out; imagine
- We follow him to see how he will wake Francis Raven, and what will happen upon that.
- Extract from : « The Lock And Key Library » by Various
- The adventurer with a pickaxe in Washoe may happen upon like good fortune.
- Extract from : « Backlog Studies » by Charles Dudley Warner
- One must be told by some one, one can't just happen upon it by oneself.
- Extract from : « A Young Girl's Diary » by An Anonymous Young Girl
- There is Kimberley, Ramathlabama, and Buluwayo—what is to happen upon the western frontier?
- Extract from : « The Siege of Mafeking (1900) » by J. Angus Hamilton.
- The artist was so careful to cling closely to contemporary conventions that sometimes we happen upon very amusing compromises.
- Extract from : « Stained Glass Tours in France » by Charles Hitchcock Sherrill
- The book is now rare, but this statement will serve as a warning to those who may happen upon the first edition.
- Extract from : « A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections » by Isabel Florence Hapgood
- Beyond Woolaston, in an outlying nook of the county, we happen upon the fine old Jacobean mansion called Braggington.
- Extract from : « Nooks and Corners of Shropshire » by H. Thornhill Timmins
- Here we happen upon a church which, though restored about thirty years ago, retains many points of interest to the antiquary.
- Extract from : « Nooks and Corners of Shropshire » by H. Thornhill Timmins
- How many times had he wished he might happen upon that Pitcher just as he was now, in street clothes—to look at him, study him!
- Extract from : « Bunker Bean » by Harry Leon Wilson
- We happen upon them not only in the modified Colonial structures, but in houses in every period of architecture.
- Extract from : « American Cookery » by Various
Synonyms for happen upon
- achieve
- acquire
- annex
- arrive at
- attain
- believe
- bring to light
- bump into
- buy
- calculate
- catch
- chalk up
- chance
- chance upon
- collar
- come across
- come up with
- come upon
- compass
- conjecture
- corral
- cull
- dare say
- deduce
- deem
- descry
- detect
- determine
- dig up
- discern
- discover
- distinguish
- divine
- effect
- encounter
- espy
- establish
- estimate
- expose
- extract
- fall in with
- fancy
- fathom
- ferret out
- gain
- garner
- gather
- get
- get at
- get the hang of
- glean
- go out on a limb
- guesstimate
- happen upon
- have
- hazard
- hit upon
- hook
- hypothesize
- identify
- infer
- judge
- jump to a conclusion
- lay bare
- lay fingers on
- lay one's hands on
- learn
- light upon
- locate
- lump it
- make out
- meet
- meet with
- notice
- observe
- open up
- opine
- penetrate
- perceive
- pick
- pick up on
- pin down
- pinpoint
- place
- position
- postulate
- predicate
- predict
- presume
- pretend
- procure
- purchase
- reach
- read
- reason
- reckon
- recognize
- recover
- run across
- run into
- scare up
- score
- search out
- secure
- seize
- select
- sight
- size up
- smell out
- smoke out
- solve
- speculate
- spot
- station
- strike
- stumble across
- stumble on
- stumble upon
- suggest
- suppose
- surmise
- survey
- suspect
- take
- take a shot at
- take a stab at
- theorize
- think
- think likely
- track down
- trip on
- trip over
- turn up
- uncover
- unearth
- venture
- work out
- zero in on
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