Meaning

2 senses
  1. (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.

    Schwein haben

  2. (colloquial, idiomatic)To experience a misfortune; to be unlucky.

More definitions
  • succeed by luck

Examples

26 sentences
  1. I think our luck just ran out.

    Гадаю, наша вдача щойно скінчилася.

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  2. I hope our luck doesn't run out.

    deIch hoffe, dass uns nicht das Glück verlässt.

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  3. I guess my luck just ran out.

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  4. Sooner or later, his luck will run out.

    ruРано или поздно его удача иссякнет.

    deFrüher oder später wird ihn sein Glück verlassen.

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  5. Sooner or later, your luck will run out.

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to experience great luck:

Forms

lucks out, lucking out, lucked out, lucked out
Base formluck out · to luck out
3rd person singularlucks out
Present participlelucking out
Past simplelucked out
Past participlelucked out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyluck out
he, she, itlucks out

Past simpleLesson

all personslucked out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave lucked out
he, she, ithas lucked out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill luck out

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedluck in

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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