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

The more useful exercise is to ask harder questions about what happens to product discovery when an AI system starts deciding which products a shopper sees. — Zohar Gilad, Forbes.com, 12 Nov. 2026

That means that what happens to Nvidia’s share price has a bearing on the retirement and investment accounts of millions of savers in the United States and elsewhere. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2026

Monti Carlo, the AJC’s senior editor of Food & Dining, happens to be a chef and cookbook author. — Meneida Bailey, AJC.com, 12 Nov. 2026

Alexi’s interrogator just happens to be one of his former students, Vladimir (Franco), who initially seems to enjoy talking about Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy and other icons of Russian literature with his former mentor. — Joe Leydon, Variety, 12 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for happen to

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