stumble across
To discover or find by accidentTo discover or find (something) by accident.
» Tom stumbled across a dead body in the woods.
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2 senses(transitive)To discover or find (something) by accident.
auf etwas stoßen
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(transitive)To meet (somebody) by chance.
Examples
6 sentencesTom stumbled across a dead body in the woods.
I stumbled across this problem when I was working on something else.
deIch stieß auf dieses Problem, als ich gerade an etwas anderem arbeitete. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Sami stumbled across a small village.
Yesterday I stumbled across a copy of my father's family register.
Felix stumbled across a duffel bag in the middle of the woods.
Translations
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Forms
stumbles across, stumbling across, stumbled across, stumbled across| Base form | stumble across · to stumble across |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | stumbles across |
| Present participle | stumbling across |
| Past simple | stumbled across |
| Past participle | stumbled across |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbsSynonyms
5 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.