if anything should happen
- if anything should happen
if anything should happen & if anything happens
Euph. If a disaster or emergency happens. •
I'll give you the phone number of my hotel, so that you can reach me if anything happens.
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If anything should happen, I want you to look after my children.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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should*/*/*/ — [ʃʊd] modal verb summary: ■ Should is usually followed by an infinitive without ‘to : You should eat more fresh fruit. Sometimes it is used without a following infinitive: I don t always do everything I should. ■ Should has no tenses, no… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
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happen — verb (I) 1 if an event or situation happens, it exists and continues for a period of time, especially without being planned first: The accident happened early on Tuesday morning. | No one knew who had fired the gun it all happened so quickly. |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
should — strong /SUd/ modal verb negative short form shouldn t 1 used to show that something is the best thing to do because it is morally right, fair, honest etc: He should learn to be more polite. | What you should have done is call the police. | I have … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
should - would — Should and would are often used with similar meanings. When would comes after a pronoun, it is not usually pronounced in full. When should has a similar meaning to would, it, too, is not usually pronounced in full after a pronoun. When you write… … Useful english dictionary
should — [[t]ʃəd, STRONG ʃʊd[/t]] ♦ (Should is a modal verb. It is used with the base form of a verb.) 1) MODAL You use should when you are saying what would be the right thing to do or the right state for something to be in. I should exercise more... The … English dictionary