by accident

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   in a way that is not planned or organized

   Nothing happens by accident with you.

In the movies · 22

• I'm sorry. I must've locked it by accident.American Beauty1999
• He had a date with the Widow. You look nothing like him.Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018
• I let go, but it was by accident. [stuttering]Shazam!2019
• It was by accident...The Banshees of Inisherin2022
• Nothing happens by accident with you.Friends: The Reunion2021
• It was by accident.Room2015
• By accident, of course.Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire2005
• I ain't name you Starr by accident.The Hate U Give2018

Learn it in full scenes

• American Beauty1999
  • Brad Warns Lester to Save His Job
  • The Burnhams' Cold Dinner
  • Jim and Jim Welcome the Fitts
• Friends: The Reunion2021
  • The Cast Returns to the Set
  • The Friends Cast Reunites On Stage
  • The Cast Reunites at the Fountain

From the same entry

• accidents will happen
• a chapter of accidents
• an accident disaster waiting to happen

More idioms

• not much of a
• a pain in the neck
• as always
• once upon a time
• may as well do
• be on the go
• get the message
• take a chance
• be beside the point
• what do you expect
• how can you
• get wrong