Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To arrive by chance; to occur by happenstance.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. I happened along when the car hit the boy.

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  2. Life is what happens to you along the way.

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Forms

happens along, happening along, happened along, happened along
Base formhappen along · to happen along
3rd person singularhappens along
Present participlehappening along
Past simplehappened along
Past participlehappened along

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhappen along
he, she, ithappens along

Past simpleLesson

all personshappened along

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave happened along
he, she, ithas happened along

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill happen along

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
haplessC2haplyhappenA1happeninghappenstanceC2happilyA2
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