get lucky

verb

To have good luck.

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

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Meanings

verbget lucky (third-person singular simple present gets lucky, present participle getting lucky, simple past got lucky, past participle (UK) got lucky or (US) gotten lucky)

present singular third person gets lucky · participle present getting lucky · past got lucky · UK participle past got lucky · US participle past gotten lucky

  1. intransitiveTo have good luck.
  2. intransitiveslangusuallyTo have a desired sexual opportunity fulfilled.

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

    4 more examples

    Pinto: I was thinking, maybe we could get some beer. Clorette De Pasto: Nah, not tonight. Besides, you might get lucky without it.

    1978, Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney, Chris Miller, Animal House (motion picture), Universal Pictures

    Right now she's probably saying "I'm drunk" / And he's a thinking that he's gonna get lucky

    2005, Josh Kear, Chris Tompkins, “Before He Cheats”, in Some Hearts, performed by Carrie Underwood

    She's up all night for good fun / I'm up all night to get lucky

    2013, “Get Lucky”, in Random Access Memories, performed by Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams

    Tonight you might get lucky / I don't wait, keep talking

    2019, “Tonight You Might”, performed by Synthia ft. Lady Wray

Synonyms & antonyms

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APA

get lucky. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20lucky

MLA

“get lucky.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20lucky. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get lucky,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20lucky.

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