happen along

phrase

variants or happen by

US, literary + old-fashioned

: to come to or by a place by chance

He was about to leave when his old girlfriend happened by.

Examples of happen along in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Your next walk through the trees in Atlanta can happen along the Beltline. — Lesly Gregory, AJC.com, 2 Mar. 2026

What’s going to happen along the way? — Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026

What’s going to happen along the way? — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 24 Feb. 2026

Once the balloons leave the parade start point, there’s nothing Messer can do to reinflate them should something happen along the route, Dinwiddie said. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 24 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for happen along

• agung
• belong
• birdsong
• furlong
• headlong
• headstrong
• lifelong
• plainsong
• prolong
• sarong
• tanjong
• weeklong