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got lucky

got lucky is the simple past of get lucky.

Meaning of get lucky

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.

Questions about got lucky

What is got lucky the simple past of?
Got lucky is the simple past of get lucky.

Words near got lucky in the dictionary

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

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