enter_upon (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *enter upon*:
VERB	possession	enter upon, come upon, luck into	take possession of

English > *enter upon*: 1 sense > verb 1, possession
Meaning	Take possession of.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something from somebody
Synonyms	come upon, luck into
Broader	get, acquire	Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
See also	enter	to come or go into
Spanish	adueñarse, encontrarse
Catalan	entrar

HyperDic: enter_upon