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luck
1[ luhk ]
noun
- the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities:
With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
- good fortune; advantage or success, considered as the result of chance:
He had no luck finding work.
- a combination of circumstances, events, etc., operating by chance to bring good or ill to a person:
She's had nothing but bad luck all year.
- some object on which good fortune is supposed to depend:
This rabbit's foot is my luck.
verb phrase
- to have an instance or run of exceptionally good luck:
He lucked out when he made a hole in one during the tournament.
- to meet, acquire, become, etc., by good luck:
She lucked into a great job.
- to come across by chance:
to luck upon a profitable investment.
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2[ lootsk; Polish wootsk ]
noun
- Polish name of Lutsk.
luck
/ ʌ /
noun
- events that are beyond control and seem subject to chance; fortune
- success or good fortune
- something considered to bring good luck
- down on one's luckhaving little or no good luck to the point of suffering hardships
- no such luck informal.unfortunately not
- try one's luckto attempt something that is uncertain
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of luck1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of luck1
Idioms and Phrases
- down on one's luck, in unfortunate circumstances; unlucky:
She hated to see her old friend so down on her luck.
- in luck, lucky; fortunate:
We were in luck, for the bakery was still open.
- luck of the draw, the luck one has in or as if in drawing cards.
- out of luck, unlucky; unfortunate:
When it comes to getting World Series tickets, we're usually out of luck.
- push one's luck, Informal. to try to make too much of an opportunity; go too far. Also crowd one's luck.
More idioms and phrases containing luck
- as luck would have it
- beginner's luck
- down on one's luck
- good luck
- hard luck
- in luck
- out of luck
- push one's luck
- run of luck
- take pot luck
- tough break (luck)
- try one's hand (luck)
Example Sentences
As luck would have it, Pete was captured on video just as Banksy's team were putting the finishing touches to Valentine's Day Mascara – a video that The Banksy Story managed to obtain.
The 36-year-old had the bad luck to attend a primary school in Watford where school dinners were served to pupils according to the A to Z order of their surnames, always beginning with A.
The focus on the control-room panic illustrates how these corporate narratives shape the myth of the American Dream, effectively deconstructing the fantasy that any of this was ever about luck at all.
"I was unlucky, I went for a couple of challenges and my knee just gave out. I don't think there was an overarching reason why. It was just luck of the draw."
With luck, Kissin can be enticed to read and play his own works as well.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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