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happening by

happening by is the present participle and gerund of happen by.

Meaning of happen by

Verb

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

  1. (US, dated, transitive) to come across, to chance upon, to find unexpectedly or accidentally
    Synonyms:
    happen upon
  2. (US, dated, intransitive) to show up unexpectedly or accidentally

Questions about happening by

What is happening by the present participle and gerund of?
Happening by is the present participle and gerund of happen by.

Words near happening by in the dictionary

  1. happeneth
  2. happenin'
  3. happening
  4. happening across
  5. happening along
  6. happening by
  7. happening on
  8. happening upon
  9. happeningest
  10. happenings
  11. happens

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Adapted from Wiktionary: happening by (page history and authors); happen by (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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