as\ luck\ would\ have\ it

as\ luck\ would\ have\ it
adv clause
As it happened; by chance; luckily or unluckily.

As luck would have it, no one was in the building when the explosion occurred.

As luck would have it, there was rain on the day of the picnic.


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