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happen

adverb
 
 
/ˈhæp.ən/ Northern English

Definition

perhaps: Happen it'll rain later on.Possible and probable
(Definition of happen adverb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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