"happen across" meaning in English

See happen across in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: happens across [present, singular, third-person], happening across [participle, present], happened across [participle, past], happened across [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} happen across (third-person singular simple present happens across, present participle happening across, simple past and past participle happened across)
  1. To find (something) by chance; to unexpectedly discover (something).

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "happens across",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "happening across",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "happened across",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "happened across",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "happen across (third-person singular simple present happens across, present participle happening across, simple past and past participle happened across)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"across\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To find (something) by chance; to unexpectedly discover (something)."
      ],
      "id": "en-happen_across-en-verb-dImENPFH",
      "links": [
        [
          "find",
          "find"
        ],
        [
          "chance",
          "chance"
        ],
        [
          "unexpectedly",
          "unexpectedly"
        ],
        [
          "discover",
          "discover"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "happen across"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "happens across",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "happening across",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "happened across",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "happened across",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "happen across (third-person singular simple present happens across, present participle happening across, simple past and past participle happened across)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"across\"",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To find (something) by chance; to unexpectedly discover (something)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "find",
          "find"
        ],
        [
          "chance",
          "chance"
        ],
        [
          "unexpectedly",
          "unexpectedly"
        ],
        [
          "discover",
          "discover"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "happen across"
}

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