happen along
idiom
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.
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Learning how to communicate well takes time and effort, and mistakes are bound to happen along the way.
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Nothing ever materialized, but Howard said something needs to happen along those lines.
—Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Annually, seismologists clock about 900,000 earthquakes worldwide, but the vast majority happen along plate boundaries not found in the eastern and midwestern U.S., according to Michigan Technological University's Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
But one day the same will happen along the journey with sport and individuals.
—Tomás Hill López-Menchero, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Nothing ever materialized, but Howard said something needs to happen along those lines.
—Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Annually, seismologists clock about 900,000 earthquakes worldwide, but the vast majority happen along plate boundaries not found in the eastern and midwestern U.S., according to Michigan Technological University's Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
But one day the same will happen along the journey with sport and individuals.
—Tomás Hill López-Menchero, The Athletic, 23 Nov. 2024
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“Happen along.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/happen%20along. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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