happen by
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English
[edit]Verb
[edit]happen by (third-person singular simple present happens by, present participle happening by, simple past and past participle happened by)
- (transitive, dated, chiefly US) to come across, to chance upon, to find unexpectedly or accidentally
- Synonym: happen upon
- (intransitive, dated, chiefly US) to show up unexpectedly or accidentally