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What does come upon mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word come upon? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To come across; to encounter; to stumble upon; to discover or find, especially by chance or accident.
  2. To befall; to affect; to happen to.
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After a few minutes of puzzled winds and twists and turns and curses muttered under my breath, I come upon the bed.
My friend and I have just come upon a picturesque farmhouse on a rolling prairie.
Montezuma placed his sacred fire in the estufa, and warned his people that death would come upon them if they allowed it to go out.
As thoughts turn to food, we come upon the market stalls, where my kebab-shop heaven is suddenly made manifest.
It is so rare in this age of reposts and blog recycling to come upon something truly new and so helpfully detailed in its description.
If they did, they, too, would die, and God's wrath would come upon the whole congregation.

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