luck into

verb

To find by chance, to chance upon.

Meanings

verbluck into (third-person singular simple present lucks into, present participle lucking into, simple past and past participle lucked into)

present singular third person lucks into · participle present lucking into · participle past lucked into · past lucked into

  1. informaltransitiveTo find by chance, to chance upon.

    One rainy day, while working in an area that was mostly grain farmers, I lucked into a situation that would dramatically change my pattern of working a township.

    2009, Stan Barnes, What I Learned in Life from a Liquid Manure Pit, page 109

    Synonyms: come across, happen on, stumble upon, bump into

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo find by chance, to chance upon.

More synonyms by meaning

verbtake possession of

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enter uponcome upon
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