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as luck would have it

as luck would have it prepositional phrase: by good fortune; fortunately or luckily.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) By good fortune; fortunately or luckily.
    • 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.1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle

as luck would have it meaning in Hindi and Urdu

as luck would have it in Hindi

Translations
ज़हेनसीब zahensīb

as luck would have it in Urdu

Translations
زَہے نَصِیب zahe nasīb

Synonyms of as luck would have it

Questions about as luck would have it

What does as luck would have it mean?
As luck would have it means by good fortune; fortunately or luckily.
What is as luck would have it in Hindi?
As luck would have it in Hindi is ज़हेनसीब (zahensīb). See As luck would have it meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is as luck would have it?
As luck would have it is a prepositional phrase.

Words near as luck would have it in the dictionary

  1. AS Levels
  2. as like as not
  3. as likely as not
  4. as long as
  5. as luck may have it
  6. as luck would have it
  7. as mad as a cut snake
  8. as memory serves
  9. as much
  10. as much again
  11. as much as

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