New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: come on · come up · come up for · come along · come up to · call upon · come down · come for · come from · come in

come upon

1 (v + prep) also literary encounter TRANSITIVEtar ar PhrV c m uif you come upon my keys má thagann tú ar m'eochrachahe came upon the website tháinig sé ar an suíomh gréasáinshe came upon an old woman casadh seanbhean uirthi 2 (v + prep) literary affect TRANSITIVEtar ar PhrV c m ubuail verb c m ua fit of temper came upon me tháinig racht feirge orm, bhuail spadhar méfear came upon me tháinig eagla orm, bhuail faitíos mé → see come

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they came upon a body tháinig siad ar chorp

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