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by chance
  1. 1 by chance, by accident, accidentally, happen to (be, do), unexpectedly, casually
  2. 2 occasionally, once in a while, now and then
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • Mike happened to have been absent from school.

    sense 1 · by chance

  • It happened that he was ill.

    sense 1 · by chance

  • It happened that he was out.

    sense 1 · by chance

  • It so happened that they were not there.

    sense 1 · by chance

  • He happened to be there.

    sense 1 · by chance

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