come upon
come
ˈkʌm
kam
u
ə
ē
pon
ˌpɑ:n
paan
/kˈʌm əpˌɒn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "come upon"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to come upon
[phrase form: come]
01

āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž, āφāĻ•āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to encounter someone or something unexpectedly
to come upon definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During our hike, we came upon a beautiful waterfall hidden deep in the forest.
āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ āϜāϞāĻĒā§āϰāĻĒāĻžāϤ āϝāĻž āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āĻŦāύ⧇ āϞ⧁āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āφāĻŦ⧃āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of a particular attitude or emotion) to start to influence an individual
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the meeting, a wave of inspiration came upon the team, leading to creative and innovative ideas.
āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŖāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĸ⧇āω āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āφāĻšā§āĻ›āĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻž āϏ⧃āϜāύāĻļā§€āϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āωāĻĻā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύ⧀ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

āφāϏāĻž, āϘāϟāϤ⧇

(particularly of something unfortunate or unexpected) to happen to someone
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Unforeseen financial troubles came upon him when he lost his job unexpectedly.
āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻāϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āϏ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāϞāĨ¤
04

āφāĻ•āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to suddenly and unexpectedly attack a person or thing
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The stealthy ninja could come upon their opponents silently, leaving no time for defense.
āĻšā§‹āϰāĻžāĻ—ā§‹āĻĒā§āϤāĻž āύāĻŋāύāϜāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āφāϏāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāσāĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇, āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧋āύ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāχāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ