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RELATED WORDS : act upon agreed upon alight upon bear down upon bear upon blunder upon borne in upon build upon burst upon chance upon come upon coming upon comment upon depend upon descend upon embark upon encroach enter upon expanding upon fall upon fasten upon fawn upon feed upon force upon frown upon gain upon happen upon hinge upon hit upon impose upon insist upon light upon look down upon look upon marched upon obtrude upon pounce upon presume upon prevail upon put upon reflect upon set upon settle upon spring upon stumble upon supervene upon swoop down upon touch upon tread upon upon upon one's guard visit upon wear upon weigh upon

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb encroach upon has 1 sense

• encroach upon(v = verb.motion) intrude on, invade, obtrude upon - to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy"
is one way to come in, enter, get in, get into, go in, go into, move into
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

ROGET THESAURUS

encroach upon

Wrong

VB be wrong, cry to heaven for vengeance, do wrong, be inequitable, favor, lean towards, encroach upon, impose upon, reap where one has not sown, give an inch and take an ell, give an inch and take an mile, rob Peter to pay Paul.

Dereliction of Duty

VB violate, break, break through, infringe, set aside, set at naught, encroach upon, trench upon, trample on, trample under foot, slight, neglect, evade, renounce, forswear, repudiate, wash one's hands of, escape, transgress, fail, call to account.

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