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Definition of stumble across phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

stumble across

phrasal verb

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stumble across/on/upon something/somebody

to discover something/somebody unexpectedly
- Police have stumbled across a huge drugs ring.
- I stumbled across Thompson outside the hotel.
- I stumbled across the place quite by chance.
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See stumble across in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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