it so happens that

Meaning

1. it (just) so happens that…

   by chance

   It just so happened they'd been invited too.

In the movies · 2

• It just so happens that I have had plenty of good sex.When Harry Met Sally...1989
• Well, it just so happens that your friend here is only mostly dead.The Princess Bride1987
• It so happens that the phoenix...Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone2001
• And it so happens there is something I want.The Matrix Revolutions2003
• So what happenedTwilight2008
• So, what happened?Holidate2020
• So what happened?Kung Fu Panda 42024
• So, what happened?The Notebook2004

Learn it in full scenes

• When Harry Met Sally...1989
  • Harry and Sally Drive to New York
  • Sally Explains the Weekday Underpants
  • Men and Women Can't Be Friends
• The Princess Bride1987
  • Battle of Wits
  • How Westley Became Roberts
  • Miracle Max and the Mostly Dead

From the same entry

• anything can happen
• as it happens
• these things happen
• accidents will happen
• in the event of
• shit happens
• an accident disaster waiting to happen
• happen on
• happen to