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Definition of Luck it
1. Verb. Act by relying on one's luck.
Generic synonyms: Adventure, Chance, Gamble, Hazard, Risk, Run A Risk, Take A Chance, Take Chances
Lexicographical Neighbors of Luck It
Literary usage of Luck it
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"I was pretty sure about my navigation . . . and decided to luck it and set her
down —pilot quoted by William L. White, New Republic, 20 Apr. 1942 Just ..."
2. The Boy Scouts' Year Book by Boy Scouts of America (1921)
"By Edward Leonard WITH most of the population of Hangtown everything depended on
luck. It didn't matter much how clever a man was or how much he knew. ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1834)
"And this is what, in all ages, mankind have understood by luck. It is the Fate
of Homer, the 3/«n of the Greek Tragedy, the destiny that ..."
4. Encyclopaedia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occult Sciences of the edited by Cora Linn Morrison Daniels, Charles McClellan Stevens (1903)
"Going upstairs backwards, changes your luck. It is lucky to wear a gold chain
with a pendant cross next to the skin. A piece of loadstone, ..."
5. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy (1917)
"A woman may have reason, though she is not without heart, and if I felt 'worse
luck/ it was no ignoble feeling—it was only too natural. ..."
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