befall
verb
[ bɪˈfɔːl ]
• (especially of something bad) happen to (someone).
• "a tragedy befell his daughter"
Similar:
happen to,
overtake,
come upon,
fall upon,
hit,
strike,
be visited on,
happen,
occur,
take place,
chance to happen,
arise,
emerge,
come about,
transpire,
materialize,
appear,
make an appearance,
surface,
crop up,
spring up,
present itself,
ensue,
follow,
result,
supervene,
go down,
come to pass,
betide,
hap,
eventuate,
Origin:
Old English befeallan ‘to fall’ (early use being chiefly figurative); related to German befallen .
