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to stumble on
/stˈʌmbəl ˈɑːn/
stumble upon
stumble across
to stumble on
[phrase form: stumble]
01
to find something or someone unexpectedly
Transitive: to stumble on sb/sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Inseparable
Particle
on
Base verb
stumble
Present tense
stumble on
3rd person singular
stumbles on
Present participle
stumbling on
Past simple
stumbled on
Past participle
stumbled on
Examples
While hiking in the woods, we stumbled on an old abandoned cabin.
