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Rise to attend one brief encounter (4,4)

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I believe the answer is:

come upon

'encounter' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'rise to attend one brief' is the wordplay.
'rise' becomes 'comeup' (synonyms).
'to attend' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'brief' means to remove the last letter (a shorter or briefer version of the word).
'one' with its final letter taken away is 'on'.
'comeup'+'on'='COME UPON'

(Another definition for come upon that I've seen is " Find".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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