luck out
Score by chance
To luck out is to succeed or benefit through good fortune rather than effort or skill: We lucked out and found parking right in front.
The phrase emphasizes unexpected favorable outcomes—things could easily have gone the other way.
In British English, luck out sometimes means the opposite: to run out of luck.
- windfallUnanticipated lucky gain
- flukeChance stroke of luck
- winAchieve victory
- fortunateEnjoying favorable circumstances
- catch a breakExperience fortunate turn
come through · hit the jackpot · serendipity · land on your feet · blessed · chance · stumble upon · fortuitous · happenstance · stars align · providence · succeed · beat the odds · kismet · jackpot · fate · come up roses · bonanza
fortune/outcome
luck outstrike out
Delete or fail batting
lose out · miss out · come up empty · draw the short straw · fall flat
luck, lucky, unlucky, luckily, luckless, potluck, unluckily, luckiness, unluckiness