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luck of the draw



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Idioms and Phrases

Pure chance, as in It isn't anyone's fault—it's just the luck of the draw . This expression alludes to the random drawing of a playing card. [Mid-1900s]
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"I was unlucky, I went for a couple of challenges and my knee just gave out. I don't think there was an overarching reason why. It was just luck of the draw."

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It’s just the luck of the draw.

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And on Sunday afternoon, instead of receiving the good news that Johnson and Co. might have expected, the luck of the draw left Sparks representative Rickea Jackson gasping in disbelief instead of cheering in glee.

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The WB in the call letters led people to conclude it was a deliberate “get†for Warner Brothers, but it was the luck of the draw.

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“There is no one reason as to why it got voted through this time, it’s luck of the draw.â€

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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