All hit upon synonyms

verb hit upon

• dig up — to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
• find out — to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
• happen — to take place; come to pass; occur: Something interesting is always happening in New York.
• find — to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
• catch sight of — to make out by means of the eyes; discern; see
• crop up — If something crops up, it appears or happens, usually unexpectedly.
• divulge — to disclose or reveal (something private, secret, or previously unknown).
• dredge up — Also called dredging machine. any of various powerful machines for dredging up or removing earth, as from the bottom of a river, by means of a scoop, a series of buckets, a suction pipe, or the like.
• detect — To detect something means to find it or discover that it is present somewhere by using equipment or making an investigation.
• spot — a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
• unearth — to dig or get out of the earth; dig up.
• notice — an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning: a day's notice.
• bump into — If you bump into someone you know, you meet them unexpectedly.
• discover — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
• uncover — to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
• devise — If you devise a plan, system, or machine, you have the idea for it and design it.
• concoct — If you concoct an excuse or explanation, you invent one that is not true.
• manipulate — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
• disclose — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
• reveal — to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.
• recognize — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
• distinguish — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
• see — to perceive with the eyes; look at.
• observe — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
• identify — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
• catch — If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
• find — to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
• confront — If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.
• face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
• bear — If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
• come across — If you come across something or someone, you find them or meet them by chance.
• suffer — to undergo or feel pain or distress: The patient is still suffering.
• come upon — If you come upon someone or something, you meet them or find them by chance.
• run into — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
• locate — to identify or discover the place or location of: to locate the bullet wound.
• strike — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
• recover — to cover again or anew.
• station — a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
• do — Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
• fix — to repair; mend.
• clear up — When you clear up or clear a place up, you tidy things and put them away.
• clarify — To clarify something means to make it easier to understand, usually by explaining it in more detail.
• have — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
• settle — to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
• decide — If you decide to do something, you choose to do it, usually after you have thought carefully about the other possibilities.
• iron out — Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
• deal with — When you deal with something or someone that needs attention, you give your attention to them, and often solve a problem or make a decision concerning them.
• figure out — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
• reach — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
• take — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.