coup de chance

Definitions of coup de chance
  1. noun
    an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome
    synonyms: chance, coup de pot, pot
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    types:
    coup de pot, pot
    a stroke of luck
    type of:
    phénomène
    any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
  2. noun
    an unpredictable phenomenon
    synonyms: coup de pile ou face
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    type of:
    chance, hasard
    an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
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