chance+upon
11Chance Shot (horse) — Chance Shot Sire Fair Play Grandsire Hastings Dam Quelle Chance Damsire Ethelbert Sex Stallion …
12chance on — chance upon if you should chance upon a Willie McCovey card, please let me know Syn: come across/upon, run across/into, happen on, light on, stumble on, find by chance, meet (by chance), bump into …
13chance — [chans, chäns] n. [ME chaunce < OFr cheance < VL cadentia, that which falls out < L cadens, prp. of cadere, to fall: see CASE1] 1. the happening of events without apparent cause, or the apparent absence of cause or design; fortuity; luck …
14chance — I n. opportunity possibility 1) to have, stand a chance of (she has a good chance of success; he doesn t have a ghost of a chance) 2) to let a chance slip by; to miss one s chance 3) an earthly, poor, slight, slim; even; fair; fighting; good;… …
15chance on — verb find unexpectedly the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb she struck a goldmine The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake • Syn: ↑fall upon, ↑strike, ↑come upon, ↑light upon, ↑ …
16Chance Shot — Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename = Chance Shot caption = sire = Fair Play grandsire = Hastings dam = Quelle Chance damsire = Ethelbert sex = Stallion foaled = 1924 country = USA flagicon|USA colour = Bay breeder = August Belmont, Jr.… …
17chance on — phrasal verb chance on or chance upon [transitive] Word forms chance on : present tense I/you/we/they chance on he/she/it chances on present participle chancing on past tense chanced on past participle chanced on mainly literary to find or see… …
18chance — noun 1》 a possibility of something happening. 2》 (chances) the probability of something desirable happening. 3》 an opportunity. 4》 the occurrence of events in the absence of any obvious intention or cause: he met his brother by chance. verb 1》 do …
19chance — 1. noun 1) there was a chance he might be released Syn: possibility, prospect, probability, likelihood, likeliness, expectation, anticipation; risk, threat, danger 2) I gave her a chance to answer Syn: opportu …
20chance on — also[chance upon] {v.} To happen to find or meet; find or meet by accident. * /On our vacation we chanced upon an interesting antique store./ * /Mary dropped her ring in the yard, and Mother chanced on it as she was raking./ Syn.: HAPPEN ON.… …
