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as luck would have it
as luck would have it
By good or bad fortune. I was already late and then, as luck would have it, I couldn't find a parking spot. As luck would have it, the other candidate declined, so the job is mine after all!
as luck would have it
by good or bad luck; as it turned out; by chance. As luck would have it, we had a flat tire. As luck would have it, the check came in the mail today.
as luck would have it
How things turned out, as it happened, as in As luck would have it he missed his train, or The check arrived in time, as luck would have it. The luck referred to can mean either good fortune or bad. [Late 1500s]
as luck would have it
As it turned out; as it happened: As luck would have it, it rained the day of the picnic.