good luck

Idioms  

1. Good fortune or a happy outcome, especially by chance. For example, It was sheer good luck that brought this offer my way , or, as Shakespeare put it in The Merry Wives of Windsor (3:5): “As good luck would have it, comes in one Mistress Page.” [Late 1400s]

2. Also, good luck to you . I wish you success. This term is used both straightforwardly, as in Good luck on your journey , and sarcastically, implying that what someone is undertaking is not likely to succeed, as in If you think you'll find that long-lost letter, good luck to you .

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good luck

"Now it's 100 percent better," Arevalo added from inside the cart, where several two-dollar bills are taped to a wall -- for good luck, he explained.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

So good luck trying to use trading volume to time the market.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

After his flight was shifted to Teterboro’s tower for air-traffic responsibilities, a pilot wished controllers good luck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

The only good luck he has had was at the last race in Spain when Antonelli retired having just passed Russell for second place behind Lewis Hamilton's winning Ferrari.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

Above the door were the good luck symbols Mrs. Sasaki had put there to protect them during the new year.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr