was fate (verb) chance: happen
Sinonime: arrive, be one's fate, befall, betide, blunder on,
break,
bump,
come, come about, come off, come to pass, fall out, fall to one's lot,
go, hap, hit upon,
light, light upon,
luck,
meet,
occur,
stumble, stumble on,
transpire,
tumble, turn up