happen to

verb

happened to; happening to; happens to

: to affect or involve (someone or something) as the result of an event or action

An odd thing happened to me on my way to the office last week.

I wonder what/whatever happened to that guy after he lost his job.

especially : to affect (someone or something) in a bad or harmful way

I promise nothing will happen to you.

What happened to the car? There's a big scratch on the fender.

Examples of happen to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And what happens to the consultants and executives responsible for managing hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars? — Julie Watts, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2026

What happened to leather Cattle hides, skins and leather were in that annex. — Maria Brozman, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026

The first College Football Playoff rankings came out Tuesday night, which also happened to be Election Night. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026

Becerra’s campaign leaned into his milquetoast persona and crowned him Tío Xavier — Uncle Xavier — to market him as a non-threatening moderate who happened to be Latino. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for happen to

• amadou
• avenue
• ballyhoo
• baraboo
• barbecue
• barbeque
• bugaboo
• cabildo
• caribou
• cockatoo
• detinue
• devalue