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happen on

happen on verb: to find by chance.

Verb

happen on (third-person singular simple present happens on, present participle happening on, simple past and past participle happened on)

  1. to find by chance
    • Yesterday I happened on the solution while we were seeing a movie on the couch; such things just happen along, by sheer happenstance.

Synonyms of happen on

Forms of happen on

third-person singular presenthappens on
present participlehappening on
past participlehappened on
pasthappened on

Questions about happen on

What does happen on mean?
Happen on means to find by chance.
What part of speech is happen on?
Happen on is a verb.
What is the past tense of happen on?
The past tense of happen on is happened on.

Words near happen on in the dictionary

  1. Happels
  2. happen
  3. happen across
  4. happen along
  5. happen by
  6. happen on
  7. happen upon
  8. happen'd
  9. happenable
  10. happenchance
  11. happenchances

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