luck out


verb(intr, adverb)
  1. to have good fortune; be lucky: the US economy lucked out for most of the decade

Words Nearby luck out

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How to use luck out in a sentence

  • The other half went to Los Angeles to seek fame and fortune as we shook our heads pityingly: Good luck out there, kids.

    I Am an Accidental Pornographer | Colette Burson | September 30, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Here's Mr Gordon did have a stroke of luck out there;—quite wonderful!

    An Old Man's Love | Anthony Trollope
  • A boy would better put 15 luck out of his mind if he means to accomplish anything.

  • I was just a wonderful leathery great joss that had come up with luck out of the water.

  • "I am a machinist, and want to try my luck out West," said another young man hailing from a manufacturing town in Massachusetts.

    The Seat of Empire | Charles Carleton Coffin

Other Idioms and Phrases with luck out

luck out

Also, luck into. Gain success or something desirable through good fortune. For example, We lucked out and found the same rug for half the price, or Nell and Dave lucked into a terrific apartment. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]

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