happen across (someone or something)
happen across (someone or something)
To find, discover, or encounter someone or something casually or by chance. I happened across a fantastic little café the other day. Let me know if you happen across my keys. I haven't been able to find them. It was the third time he had happened across her that week, yet he still didn't know her name.
See also: across, happen
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- stumble across (something)
- happen by
- stumble against (something)
- stumble onto (something)
- happen along
- plonked
- pitch into
- let something drop
- test the water
- test the water/waters