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rides one's luck

rides one's luck is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ride one's luck.

Meaning of ride one's luck

Verb

ride one's luck (third-person singular simple present rides one's luck, present participle riding one's luck, simple past rode one's luck, past participle ridden one's luck)

  1. (idiomatic) To avoid failure only by good fortune.
    • Blackburn rode their luck to beat a battling West Brom as they moved up to seventh in the Premier League table.2011 January 23, Alistair Magowan, “Blackburn 2 - 0 West Brom”, in BBC

Questions about rides one's luck

What is rides one's luck the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rides one's luck is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ride one's luck.

Words near rides one's luck in the dictionary

  1. rides off into the sunset
  2. rides on
  3. rides on a rail
  4. rides on the back of
  5. rides one's bumper
  6. rides one's luck
  7. rides or dies
  8. rides out
  9. rides out the storm
  10. rides over
  11. rides pillion

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