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Definition

To experience great luck; to be extremely fortunate or lucky.

To experience a misfortune; to be unlucky.

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In Context

  • "I lucked out and got the last two tickets to the big show."
  • "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."
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See Also

  • luck in
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