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as luck would have it

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

By good fortune; fortunately or luckily.

idiomatic

Equivalents

4 more languages
Suomionneksi
हिन्दीज़हेनसीब
Latinaforte

Examples

“I didn't plan to stop there, but as (ill/good) luck would have it, they were open when I went by.”
“I said, “I’ll send the first sane soul I meet to keep you company.” As luck would have it, I never met one, — only kids, and a baker, who wouldn’t leave his cart, or take it with him either.”

CEFR level

C2
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