verb
- Find unexpectedly.
- usage: "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
- synonyms: strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover
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