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get lucky

get lucky verb: to have good luck.

Verb

get lucky (third-person singular simple present gets lucky, present participle getting lucky, simple past got lucky, past participle (UK) got lucky or (US) gotten lucky)

  1. (intransitive) To have good luck.
  2. (intransitive, slang, usually) To have a desired sexual opportunity fulfilled.
    • He got lucky in the past week with two different women.
    • Pinto: I was thinking, maybe we could get some beer.
      Clorette De Pasto: Nah, not tonight. Besides, you might get lucky without it.1978, Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney, Chris Miller, Animal House (motion picture), Universal Pictures

Examples of get lucky in a sentence

  • Right now she's probably saying "I'm drunk" / And he's a thinking that he's gonna get lucky2005, Josh Kear, Chris Tompkins, “Before He Cheats”, in Some Hearts, performed by Carrie Underwood:
  • She's up all night for good fun / I'm up all night to get lucky2013, “Get Lucky”, in Random Access Memories, performed by Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams:
  • Tonight you might get lucky / I don't wait, keep talking2019, “Tonight You Might”, performed by Synthia ft. Lady Wray:

Forms of get lucky

third-person singular presentgets lucky
present participlegetting lucky
pastgot lucky
past participle UKgot lucky
past participle USgotten lucky

Questions about get lucky

What does get lucky mean?
Get lucky means to have good luck.
How do you use get lucky in a sentence?
Right now she's probably saying "I'm drunk" / And he's a thinking that he's gonna get lucky
What part of speech is get lucky?
Get lucky is a verb.
What is the past tense of get lucky?
The past tense of get lucky is got lucky.

Words near get lucky in the dictionary

  1. get knotted
  2. get laid
  3. get late
  4. get life
  5. get lost
  6. get lucky
  7. get Mario Karted
  8. get married
  9. get medieval
  10. get misty
  11. get moving

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