fall upon

Questions about fall upon

What does fall upon mean?

fall upon means "find unexpectedly".

What is another word for fall upon?

Close synonyms include strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fall upon a common word?

fall upon is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.