English / phrasal verb
Stumble across
MEANING IN ENGLISH
To discover or find something unexpected by pure chance
In context
01
During a routine ultrasound, the sonographer stumbled across an asymptomatic gallbladder stone.
02
While reviewing past medical case files, the junior doctor stumbled across an overlooked allergy report.
Synonyms
encounter,discover by chance,run into
Antonyms
miss,overlook,bypass
Collocations
stumble across an anomaly,stumble across evidence,stumble across a finding