Idiom
become of
Meaning
to happen to, to occur to.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“What will become of my old car?”
“The company closed down, and everyone wondered what would become of the employees.”
“As the ancient empire crumbled into dust, historians debated what would eventually become of the vast libraries and treasures left behind.”
Examples
simple
“What will become of my old car?”
contextual
“The company closed down, and everyone wondered what would become of the employees.”
complex
“As the ancient empire crumbled into dust, historians debated what would eventually become of the vast libraries and treasures left behind.”
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