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Definition of
stumble across phrasal verb
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
stumble across
phrasal verb
phrasal verb
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Phrasal Verbs
stumble across/on/upon something/somebody
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to discover something or someone unexpectedly
Police have stumbled across a huge drug ring.
I stumbled across Thompson outside the hotel.
See
stumble across
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Nearby words
stultifying
adjective
stumble
verb
stumble across
phrasal verb
stumble into
phrasal verb
stumbling block
noun