thank God/goodness/heavens/the Lord

thank God/goodness/heavens/the Lord
thank God/goodness/heaven(s)/the Lord
— used to express happiness or relief that something did or did not happen

Thank God you got here when you did.

Thank goodness it turned out to be a false alarm.

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