what has/will become ofused for asking what has happened to someone or something, because you have not seen them for a long time, or what will happen to them, because you are worried about them
If she is sent to prison, what will become of her children?
Whatever became of the painting that used to be in your grandfather’s library?
Synonyms and related words
Ways of asking questions and making requests
after you
any chance of...?
any luck?
Synonyms and related words
Expressions used to talk about worries
I dread to think
if anything happens to someone
what has/will become of
become of
phrasal verb transitive
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/they
become of
he/she/it
becomes of
present participle
becoming of
past tense
became of
past participle
become of
DEFINITIONS1
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what has/will become ofused for asking what has happened to someone or something, because you have not seen them for a long time, or what will happen to them, because you are worried about them
If she is sent to prison, what will become of her children?
Whatever became of the painting that used to be in the library?