luck out

English

WOTD – 13 February 2015

Pronunciation

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Verb

luck out (third-person singular simple present lucks out, present participle lucking out, simple past and past participle lucked out)

1. (colloquial, idiomatic, US, Canada) To experience great luck; to be extremely fortunate or lucky.

   I lucked out and got the last two tickets to the big show.

2. (colloquial, idiomatic, British, Australia) To be unfortunate or unlucky; to run out of luck.

   I lucked out and didn't get the last two tickets to the big show.

Related terms

• luck in

Translations

to experience great luck

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 三生有幸 (zh) (sānshēngyǒuxìng)

• Finnish: käydä tuuri, olla onnea, onnistaa (fi)
• French: avoir le cul bordé de nouilles (fr) (vulgar)
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• Georgian: გაუმართლებს (gaumartlebs), ბედი გაუღიმებს (bedi gauɣimebs)
• German: Schwein haben (de)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: ha tur