| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | To come to rest on the ground: land, light2, set down, settle, touch down. See MOVE. | | PHRASAL VERB: | alight on Archaic. To find or meet by chance: bump into, chance on or (upon), come across, come on or (upon), find, happen on or (upon), light on or (upon), run across, run into, stumble on or (upon), tumble on. Idioms: meet up with. See MEET.
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