happen upon something

However, he was not the first to happen upon such an idea.

They shot and killed another man, who just happened upon the group outside the house.

People who happened upon it realized they had found something special.

By chance, father and son happened upon each other in a crowded street.

How does a journalist happen upon a story that no one else knows about?

Two other people who happened upon the scene were also attacked.

Two other people who happened upon the scene were also attacked by the woman, the police said.

These novels happen not once upon a time, but in our own recent history.

All of which does make one ask, how on earth did you happen upon the Guardian?