stumble on/across/upon something

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstumble on/across/upon something phrasal verbFINDto find or discover something by chance and unexpectedly SYN come across Researchers have stumbled across a drug that may help patients with Parkinson’s disease. → stumble→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusstumble on/across/upon • Shame they couldn't have stumbled upon a more dramatic way of doing it.• You might stumble across a phrase or image that seems possible, but as a whole this faux scrapbook reeks.• You might even stumble upon a theorem or two in your researches.• In 1988, he stumbled across an indirect link in the scientific literature between Raynaud's disease and dietary fish oil.• But as I search deeper and deeper I stumbled upon endurance.• Geologists seem to stumble on some of the really oddball animals, assigning them delightful descriptors.• An hour later and our gasping, sweaty bodies stumble across the boulders of the gully's scree fan.• At that the discussion again broke down, but somehow they stumbled on to plans for a dance and a party.

单词	stumble on/across/upon something
释义	stumble on/across/upon something From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstumble on/across/upon something phrasal verbFINDto find or discover something by chance and unexpectedly SYN come across Researchers have stumbled across a drug that may help patients with Parkinson’s disease. → stumble→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusstumble on/across/upon • Shame they couldn't have stumbled upon a more dramatic way of doing it.• You might stumble across a phrase or image that seems possible, but as a whole this faux scrapbook reeks.• You might even stumble upon a theorem or two in your researches.• In 1988, he stumbled across an indirect link in the scientific literature between Raynaud's disease and dietary fish oil.• But as I search deeper and deeper I stumbled upon endurance.• Geologists seem to stumble on some of the really oddball animals, assigning them delightful descriptors.• An hour later and our gasping, sweaty bodies stumble across the boulders of the gully's scree fan.• At that the discussion again broke down, but somehow they stumbled on to plans for a dance and a party.
随便看	by ourselves by own account by post by prescription by process of elimination by product by profession by proxy by radio by rail by rail etc by reason of go straight go swimming etc go swimmingly go take a piss go take a trip go the (full) distance go the distance go the extra mile go the full distance go the rounds go the way of all flesh go the whole hog go through