happen

See:
  • (it) happens to the best of us
  • (it's) just as well (that) (something happened)
  • (something) shouldn't happen to a dog
  • accident waiting to happen, an
  • accidents (will) happen
  • accidents will happen
  • an accident waiting to happen
  • an accident/a disaster waiting to happen
  • anything can happen
  • anything can/might happen
  • as it happens
  • as it just so happens
  • as it so happens
  • be certain that (something will happen or is the case)
  • be dollars to doughnuts that (something happens)
  • be no question that (something will happen/is the case)
  • couldn't happen to a nicer (person)
  • give odds that (something will happen)
  • happen (up)on (someone or something)
  • happen across (someone or something)
  • happen along
  • happen by
  • happen on
  • happen to
  • I can't remember the last time (something happened)
  • if anything happens
  • if anything should happen
  • if I had (some monetary unit) for every (something), I'd be rich!
  • if I had (some monetary unit) for every time (something happened)
  • in order for (someone or something) to (do something)
  • in the nick of time
  • in the unlikely event (that) (something) happens
  • in the unlikely event of
  • it (just) so happens (that)
  • it could happen to a bishop
  • it happens
  • it so happens that...
  • look on as (something happens)
  • minute happens
  • on the off chance (that) (something happens)
  • pics or it didn't happen
  • rue the day (that something happened)
  • rue the day (that) (something) happened
  • see (to it) that (something happens)
  • shouldn’t happen to a dog
  • shouldn't happen to a dog
  • sit back and let (something happen)
  • sit back and let happen
  • the minute (that)
  • the more (one thing happens), the more (another thing happens)
  • the unexpected always happens
  • these things happen
  • this too shall happen to you
  • unexpected always happens
  • What happened?
  • what happens at home stays at home
  • what happens in (some place) stays in (that place)
  • what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas
  • what happens on the road stays on the road
  • what happens on tour stays on tour
  • What would you say if (something were to happen)?
  • Whatever happened to (someone or something)?
  • whatever happens, happens
  • worse things happen at sea
  • you can bet the farm that (something will happen or is the case)
References in classic literature
It was not exactly that a man had died; something had happened to the living: they had come to a situation where character tells, and where childhood enters upon the branching paths of Youth.
Everything had happened at once--the blow, the counter-blow, the squeal of agony from the porcupine, the big cat's squall of sudden hurt and astonishment.
'Where do my twelve daughters dance at night?' he answered, 'With twelve princes in a castle under ground.' And then he told the king all that had happened, and showed him the three branches and the golden cup which he had brought with him.
After some minutes he began to tell me what had happened.
'We were at that point [where the past could happen twice] but I told my teammates that this is Season 81, that was in Season 80,' said Richard Solis in Filipino.
New Delhi [India], Oct 26 ( ANI ): Answering a question regarding his plans to get married, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that he believed in destiny and it would happen when it is bound to happen.
What could happen: Remi Garde is keen to make his first signings as Villa boss.
That these attacks happened so close together in time and location is shocking, particularly because Cardiff is a city that in the main feels safe.
"It happened at Swansea when we scored four in the first half and it could have been six or seven, but it is not a game to bring up to think something similar can happen."
Between January and June this year, the phrase "must never be allowed to happen again" doubled compared to the first half of 2012.
This started to happen in my interview meeting too.
"This should not have happened, it should never be allowed to happen again.
When you look at what happened with September 11th, you're going to have an emotional response to the lives that were lost.
What legislators can do, however, is to fool some people into thinking that has happened. They raise the minimum wage, which may help some of those who get raises, but at the same time, they reduce the overall rate of employment, especially among less skilled and minority workers: this is what does happen when the mandatory minimum wage is increased.