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Verb
Present participle for to discover or locate something, either by chance or intention
meeting
chancing on
stumbling on
coming across
running into
bumping into
happening on
stumbling across
running against
meeting by chance
encountering
chancing upon
stumbling upon
lighting upon
lighting on
happening upon
finding
hitting upon
tumbling upon
stumbling onto
lucking
pitching upon
coming upon
digging up
hitting on
locating
uncovering
unearthing
discovering
turning up
catching
meeting up with
striking
falling in with
running smack into
descrying
digging out
tracking down
scouting up
searching out
ferreting out
laying your hand on
laying fingers on
hunting out
scaring up
running down
hunting up
hunting down
smoking out
rustling up
seeing
coming up against
hitting
meeting with
bringing to light
rubbing eyeballs
coming by
stumbling
finding by chance
falling upon
scraping up
foraging for
noticing
tumbling
crossing paths with
blundering upon
blundering across
contacting
espying
detecting
crossing the path
alighting upon
coming on
discovering unexpectedly
happening
blundering on
finding unexpectedly
coming face to face with
making a meet
running up against
rendezvousing with
touching shoulders
brushing against
saluting
making contact with
clashing with
meeting face to face
collaring
corralling
putting one's finger on
catching sight of
routing out
arriving at
smelling out
finding out
coming up with
dredging up
tripping on
rooting out
sniffing out
nosing out
making out
pinning down
exposing
getting
getting to know
making the acquaintance of
revealing
determining
ascertaining
meeting for the first time
striking on
becoming acquainted
making acquaintance
disclosing
spotting
rummaging
acquiring
unmasking
obtaining
picking up on
learning
running to earth
looking up
running to ground
tracking
chancing
registering
reaching
tumbling on
grubbing out
disinterring
extricating
realisingUK
realizingUS
zeroing in on
laying hands on
tripping over
tracing
localisingUK
pinpointing
localizingUS
getting at
reading
learning of
bringing into the open
wising up to
tumbling into
becoming familiar with
becoming acquainted with
stumbling against
getting wind of
coming to know
tumbling to
digging
discerning
extracting
catching on
ferreting
eliciting
hearing
seeing the light
taking the wraps off
uprooting
spotlighting
fishing out
showing
bursting in on
taking unawares
taking by surprise
catching out
catching red-handed
surprising
catching off guard
catching unawares
catching in the act
“While hiking through the dense forest, I was amazed to run across an ancient artifact buried deep within the underbrush.”
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