luck out en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(colloquial, idiomatic) To experience great luck; to be extremely fortunate or lucky.
I lucked out and got the last two tickets to the big show.
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(colloquial, idiomatic) To experience a misfortune; to be unlucky.
The baby brother was no oil painting. He had lucked out with the genetic lottery. […] He had fallen out of the ugly tree, and hit every branch.
2011, Lee Child, The Affair: A Jack Reacher Novel, Dell, →ISBN, page 168:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lucks out | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| lucking out | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| lucked out | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| lucked out | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
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Translations (14)
fi käydä tuuri (to experience great luck) · fi olla onnea (to experience great luck) · de Schwein haben (to experience great luck) · es tuve suerte (to experience great luck) · fr avoir le cul bordé de nouilles (to experience great luck) · sv ha tur (to experience great luck) · ka ბედი გაუღიმებს (to experience great luck) · es tener un golpe de suerte (to experience great luck) · fi onnistaa (to experience great luck) · es tener suerte (to experience great luck) · cs mít kliku (to experience great luck) · fi käydä onni (to experience great luck) · cs mít štěstí (to experience great luck) · ka გაუმართლებს (to experience great luck)