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Happen to, befall, be the fate of, as in I haven't seen Joe in a year; what has become of his book? The King James Bible has this idiom (Genesis 37:20): “We shall see what will become of his dreams.” [Late 1500s]Example Sentences
What will become of our youngest students with Down syndrome and other intellectual and developmental disabilities without the backing of skilled and compassionate educators at the government's highest levels?
Curiously, I learned that my three siblings some years back had speculated about what might become of me, and they laughed in disbelief when my brother said he saw me eventually settling down with a “frizzy-haired communist woman.”
She jokes about being hungover and starts to tell me about how protective she’s become of “Salvation.”
Just after the ceasefire agreement was announced we went back to see what had become of Amr al Hindi.
But if you plan on seeing with your own eyes what has become of your home, there are some precautions you can take to protect your health.
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