"luck of the draw" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_text": "An allusion to the random manner in which objects (such as playing cards, straws, or marbles) are distributed, drawn, or withdrawn (from a card deck, bag, or other container) in many games of chance (such as card games).",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "text": "She got a big winner [ticket for a large prize]. It was the luck of the draw!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "She got a real dud. Well, that's the luck of the draw for you.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1973, Sheila Sutcliffe, Martello Towers, →ISBN, page 63:",
          "text": "[A] dry ditch or moat . . . should have been constructed around towers in particularly exposed or vulnerable positions but in some cases it seems that they were selected by the luck of the draw.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996 May 21, Carey Goldberg, “Best-Selling Author, but Not at Home”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-06-08:",
          "text": "[I]s it merely the luck of the draw that turns some novels into blockbusters and others of equal merit into also-rans?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005 August 10, “What You Need to Know on Smoking and Lung Cancer”, in Time:",
          "text": "If you've never been a smoker and you develop lung cancer, how did you get it? Is it genetics, environment, radon, luck of the draw?",
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        }
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        "The random production or occurrence of favorable or unfavorable results."
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        "(idiomatic) The random production or occurrence of favorable or unfavorable results."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "lucky dip"
        },
        {
          "word": "lucky draw"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "chance"
        },
        {
          "word": "happenstance"
        },
        {
          "word": "fortuity"
        }
      ],
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{
  "etymology_text": "An allusion to the random manner in which objects (such as playing cards, straws, or marbles) are distributed, drawn, or withdrawn (from a card deck, bag, or other container) in many games of chance (such as card games).",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "lucky dip"
    },
    {
      "word": "lucky draw"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "text": "She got a big winner [ticket for a large prize]. It was the luck of the draw!",
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        },
        {
          "text": "She got a real dud. Well, that's the luck of the draw for you.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1973, Sheila Sutcliffe, Martello Towers, →ISBN, page 63:",
          "text": "[A] dry ditch or moat . . . should have been constructed around towers in particularly exposed or vulnerable positions but in some cases it seems that they were selected by the luck of the draw.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996 May 21, Carey Goldberg, “Best-Selling Author, but Not at Home”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-06-08:",
          "text": "[I]s it merely the luck of the draw that turns some novels into blockbusters and others of equal merit into also-rans?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005 August 10, “What You Need to Know on Smoking and Lung Cancer”, in Time:",
          "text": "If you've never been a smoker and you develop lung cancer, how did you get it? Is it genetics, environment, radon, luck of the draw?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "The random production or occurrence of favorable or unfavorable results."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) The random production or occurrence of favorable or unfavorable results."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "chance"
        },
        {
          "word": "happenstance"
        },
        {
          "word": "fortuity"
        }
      ],
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