used for saying that something is true, although it is surprising
As it happens, I’ve got a bike I can lend you.
Thesaurus: ways of emphasizing that something is true although it may be surprisingsynonym
Main entry: happen
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we've got a room vacant, as it happens
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as it happens/happened idiom
used when you say sth that is surprising, or sth connected with what sb else has just said
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I agree with you, as it happens.
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As it happens, I have a spare set of keys in my office.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.