tumble across (something)
tumble across (something)
1. Literally, to trip on something with one's foot. I wasn't watching where I was going and tumbled across the root of a tree. The child tumbled across the steps of the house.
2. To find, discover, or happen upon something casually or by chance. I tumbled across this fantastic little café the other day. Let me know if you tumble across my keys—I haven't been able to find them.
See also: across, tumble
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- tumbling
- run across
- wade
- wade across
- crawl across
- crawl across (something)
- get (something) across to (one)
- go across (something) to (someone or something)
- go across to
- push (someone or something) across (something)