Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To have good luck.

  2. (intransitive, slang, usually)To have a desired sexual opportunity fulfilled.

    He got lucky in the past week with two different women.

Examples

65 sentences

  1. Let's see if we can get lucky.

    Подивімося, чи нам пощастить.

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  2. Tom got lucky.

    Тому пощастило.

    ruТому повезло.

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  3. I got lucky.

    Мені пощастило.

    ruМне повезло.

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  4. It looks like we got lucky.

    ruПохоже, нам повезло.

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  5. How did Tom ever get so lucky?

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Forms

gets lucky, getting lucky, got lucky, got lucky
Base formget lucky · to get lucky
3rd person singulargets lucky
Present participlegetting lucky
Past simplegot lucky
Past participlegot lucky / gotten lucky

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyget lucky
he, she, itgets lucky

Past simpleLesson

all personsgot lucky

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave got lucky
he, she, ithas got lucky

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill get lucky

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gestureB1getA1getawayB2getter
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