Definition of Luck out

1. Verb. Succeed by luck. "I lucked out and found the last parking spot in the lot"


Definition of Luck out

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To experience great luck; to be extremely fortunate or lucky. ¹

2. Verb. (idiomatic British) To have run out of luck. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Luck Out

lucifugous
lucigen
lucigenin
lucigens
lucimeter
lucimeters
lucimycin
lucinid
lucinids
lucipetal
lucites
luck
luck in
luck into
luck it
luck out (current term)
luck through
luckdragon
luckdragons
lucked
lucked in
lucked out
lucken
luckenschadel
luckie
luckier
luckies
luckiest
luckily
luckiness

Literary usage of Luck out

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)
"luck out According to Harper 1985, luck out was commonly used during World War II in some such sense as “to meet with bad luck; run out of luck,” as in ..."

2. The Sportsman's Dictionary: Or The Gentleman's Companion: for Town and ...Spo (1800)
"... out the faid cores; then luck out all the corruption, and fill the holes with .... luck out ..."

3. The Hindoos as They are: A Description of the Manners, Customs, and Inner by Ṣivachandra Vasu, Shib Chunder Bose (1881)
"... he beats and sings " Bad luck out " and " Good luck in."f Kali is also the guardian deity of thieves, robbers, thugs and such like desperate characters. ..."

4. Watch Yourself Go by by Alfred Griffith Field (1912)
"He brings it on himself, then he just beats luck out. There ain't no good luck. It's grit and judgment agin dam-fool notions. And grit and judgment wins out ..."

5. Following the Guidon by Elizabeth Bacon Custer (1999)
"Captain Weir enters Revolutionist, by Hard Luck, out of Rib Smasher, second dam Blood Blister, by Can't- Stand-it, out of Let's Quit. Age, sixteen. ..."

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