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English *verb*: come about
1.	come about (change) come to pass
		Samples	What is happening?. The meeting took place off without an incidence. Nothing occurred that seemed important.
		Synonyms	fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place
		Pattern of use	Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP. It ----s that CLAUSE
		Narrower (hyponym)	anticipate, arise, backfire, backlash, bechance, bechance, befall, befall, betide, break, break, chance, coincide, come, come around, come off, come up, concur, contemporise, contemporize, develop, develop, fall, fall, give, go, go off, go over, happen, happen, intervene, materialise, materialize, operate, proceed, recoil, recrudesce, recur, repeat, result, roll around, shine, strike, supervene, synchronise, synchronize, transpire, turn out

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