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riding one's luck

riding one's luck is the present participle and gerund 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 riding one's luck

What is riding one's luck the present participle and gerund of?
Riding one's luck is the present participle and gerund of ride one's luck.

Words near riding one's luck in the dictionary

  1. riding officers
  2. riding on
  3. riding on a rail
  4. riding on the back of
  5. riding one's bumper
  6. riding one's luck
  7. riding or dying
  8. riding out
  9. riding out the storm
  10. riding over
  11. riding pillion

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