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fluke out

fluke out verb: to lose or fail due to a fluke; to deserve to win or succeed but instead lose due to a fluke, especially a last-minute or unpredictable fluke.

Verb

fluke out (third-person singular simple present flukes out, present participle fluking out, simple past and past participle fluked out)

  1. (informal) To lose or fail due to a fluke; to deserve to win or succeed but instead lose due to a fluke, especially a last-minute or unpredictable fluke.

Forms of fluke out

third-person singular presentflukes out
present participlefluking out
past participlefluked out
pastfluked out

Questions about fluke out

What does fluke out mean?
Fluke out means to lose or fail due to a fluke; to deserve to win or succeed but instead lose due to a fluke, especially a last-minute or unpredictable fluke.
What part of speech is fluke out?
Fluke out is a verb.
What is the past tense of fluke out?
The past tense of fluke out is fluked out.

Words near fluke out in the dictionary

  1. Fluitt
  2. Fluitts
  3. flukan
  4. flukans
  5. fluke
  6. fluke out
  7. fluke up
  8. fluked
  9. fluked out
  10. fluked up
  11. flukeless

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