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

That resolve is now to find out what happened to Rose all those years ago and who was responsible. — Edie Peffley, NBC news, 25 July 2026

Here, in a pristine clinic on the banks of an even more pristine glacial Austrian lake, illness is not simply bad luck that happens to you. — Jamie Timson, TheWeek, 24 July 2026

Kane Parsons, 110 minutes Adapting his hit YouTube work for A24 proved to be a great launch for the career of Kane Parsons, who directed this horror flick that just happens to be the influential company’s highest-grossing film ever. — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 24 July 2026

My last job happened to be as a door-to-door salesman selling welcome mats. — Literary Hub, 24 July 2026

Rhymes for happen to

• amadou
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• barbecue
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• cabildo
• caribou
• cockatoo
• detinue
• devalue