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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

luck into en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (informal, transitive) To find by chance, to chance upon.
    • One rainy day, while working in an area that was mostly grain farmers, I lucked into a situation that would dramatically change my pattern of working a township. 2009, Stan Barnes, What I Learned in Life from a Liquid Manure Pit, page 109:

Forms

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lucks into Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
lucking into Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lucked into Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lucked into Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

come across · stumble upon · happen on · bump into