If a situation or event happens to someone or something, it has an effect on that person or thing:
as it happens/happened used when you say something that is surprising, or something connected with what somebody else has just said I agree with you, as it happens. As it happens, I have a spare set of …
happen (third-person singular simple present happens, present participle happening, simple past and past participle happened) (intransitive) To occur or take place.
He doesn't mind leaving his script and reacting to whatever happens on the night. But whatever happens, the only certainty is that the crags will never change.
When something happens to someone or something, it takes place and affects them. I wonder what 's happened to Jeremy? If anything happens to the car, you'll have to pay for it. In sentences like these, …
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