# as luck may have it

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/as-luck-may-have-it
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

Synonym of as luck would have it (“by chance, luckily”).

## Examples

- As luck may have it, I found my lost keys today.
- I forgot my umbrella, but as luck may have it, the rain stopped just as I left the office.
- The travelers were stranded without a map, yet as luck may have it, they stumbled upon a local villager who knew the path.

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