This is the 16037th most frequent Turkish word.
uğradılar
"They stopped by" or "They visited briefly."
Here 'uğradılar' means to stop by a location for a short purpose.
Mağazaya uğradılar çünkü yeni kıyafetlere bakmak istediler.
They stopped by the store because they wanted to look at new clothes.
In this context, 'uğradılar' signifies visiting some place during a journey or trip.
Tatilde sahil kasabasına uğradılar ve çok beğendiler.
They visited the seaside town during their vacation and liked it a lot.
In this sentence, 'uğradılar' expresses the action of visiting someone briefly.