The Collaborative International Dictionary
To happen on
Happen \Hap"pen\ (h[a^]p"p'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Happened (-p'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Happening.] [OE. happenen, hapnen. See Hap to happen.]
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To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.
There shall no evil happen to the just.
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To take place; to occur.
All these things which had happened.
--Luke xxiv. 14.To happen on, to meet with; to fall or light upon. ``I have happened on some other accounts.''
--Graunt.To happen in, to make a casual call. [Colloq.]