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as chance/luck would have it as luck would have itBy 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!See also: have, luckas luck would have itby 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.See also: have, luckas luck would have itHow 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] See also: have, luckas luck would have it used to indicate the fortuitousness of a situation. 1994 Beryl Gilroy Sunlight on Sweet Water As luck would have it, one day they met in the door of the rum shop. See also: have, luckas ˌchance/ˌluck would ˈhave it (also as ˌchance ˈhas it) happening in a way that was lucky, although it was not planned: He asked whether we had a room to let and, as luck would have it, we did. ♢ I’m going to London myself tomorrow, as chance has it, so perhaps we can travel together.See also: chance, have, luck as luck would have it As it turned out; as it happened: As luck would have it, it rained the day of the picnic.See also: have, luckas luck would have itAs it happened, how things turned out. The phrase, with either “good” luck or “ill” luck, goes back as far as Shakespeare, who used it (as good luck) in The Merry Wives of Windsor (3.5), as did Thomas Shelton (as ill luck) in a translation of Don Quixote of the same period.See also: have, luck |