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happened across

happened across is the simple past and past participle of happen across.

Meaning of happen across

Verb

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

  1. To find (something) by chance; to unexpectedly discover (something).

Questions about happened across

What is happened across the simple past and past participle of?
Happened across is the simple past and past participle of happen across.

Words near happened across in the dictionary

  1. happenable
  2. happenchance
  3. happenchances
  4. happend
  5. happened
  6. happened across
  7. happened along
  8. happened by
  9. happened on
  10. happened upon
  11. happener

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