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)

(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.

Related terms

luck in

Translations

to experience great luck

Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 三生有幸 (zh) (sānshēngyǒuxìng)
Finnish: onnistaa (fi), käydä onni, käydä tuuri, olla onnea
French: avoir le cul bordé de nouilles (fr) (vulgar)
Georgian: გაუმართლებს (gaumartlebs), ბედი გაუღიმებს (bedi gauɣimebs)
German: Schwein haben (de)
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: tener suerte, tener un golpe de suerte
Swedish: ha tur

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