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happened along

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

Meaning of happen along

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To arrive by chance; to occur by happenstance.
    • "Now, if a rattling good earthquake were to happen along, you might awake in the morning to find yourself on an island, or even under water."1892, Julian Hawthorne, chapter 1, in The Golden Fleece

Questions about happened along

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

Words near happened along in the dictionary

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

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