good luck

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 .

Example Sentences

Maine, New Hampshire, Wyoming and Montana would have been among the few places in the country where manufacturers could build new plants, and good luck finding enough workers there to operate them.

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He then held up a large sea bream as a symbol of good luck and celebration.

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If there is an accident, like a billion-dollar oil spill, "good luck with trying to find somebody responsible to pick up any cost".

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It would require a great deal of good luck and not one spoonful of bad, and what were the odds of that happening?

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Perhaps it would bring her good luck one more time.

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