Definition
To arrive by chance; to occur by happenstance.
In Context
- ""Now, if a rattling good earthquake were to happen along, you might awake in the morning to find yourself on an island, or even under water.""
- ""[W]e can't 'spect a cyclone to happen along and take us to the Emerald City now.""
- "Novae, or new stars, are always happening along."
- ""Well, you're the one who's always telling me not to leave my purse in the cart, and that's probably what that woman had done, and someone happened along and just took it.""