Verb: luck out
Usage: N. Amer
Usage: N. Amer
- Have unexpected good fortune
"I lucked out and found the last parking spot in the lot";
- hit the jackpot [informal], luck [informal]
Derived forms: lucked out, lucks out, lucking out
Type of: bring home the bacon [informal], come through, come up trumps [Brit, informal], deliver the goods, succeed, turn up trumps [Brit, informal], win