Meanings
verbluck out (third-person singular simple present lucks out, present participle lucking out, simple past and past participle lucked out)
present singular third person lucks out · participle present lucking out · participle past lucked out · past lucked out
- colloquialidiomaticTo experience a misfortune; to be unlucky.
The baby brother was no oil painting. He had lucked out with the genetic lottery. […] He had fallen out of the ugly tree, and hit every branch.
2011, Lee Child, The Affair: A Jack Reacher Novel, Dell, →ISBN, page 168
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Czech mít štěstí, mít kliku
- mít štěstíto experience great luck
- mít klikuto experience great luck
Finnish onnistaa, käydä onni
- onnistaato experience great luck
- käydä onnito experience great luck
- käydä tuurito experience great luck
- olla onneato experience great luck
French avoir le cul bordé de nouilles
- avoir le cul bordé de nouillesto experience great luck
German Schwein haben
- Schwein habento experience great luck
Polish mieć szczęście
- mieć szczęścieto experience great luck
Spanish tener suerte, tener un golpe de suerte
- tener suerteto experience great luck
- tener un golpe de suerteto experience great luck
- tuve suerteto experience great luck
Swedish ha tur
- ha turto experience great luck
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APA
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MLA
“luck out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/luck%20out. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “luck out,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/luck%20out.
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