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thank one's lucky stars

thank one's lucky stars verb: to be grateful, feel oneself fortunate, consider oneself lucky (especially in avoiding some calamity).

Verb

thank one's lucky stars (third-person singular simple present thanks one's lucky stars, present participle thanking one's lucky stars, simple past and past participle thanked one's lucky stars)

  1. (idiomatic) To be grateful, feel oneself fortunate, consider oneself lucky (especially in avoiding some calamity).
    • He thanked his lucky stars he had brought the extra heavy duty conduits in that morning.2016, A.K. Brown, Jumpstart (Champagne Universe Series: Book 1), page 31

Synonyms of thank one's lucky stars

Forms of thank one's lucky stars

third-person singular presentthanks one's lucky stars
present participlethanking one's lucky stars
past participlethanked one's lucky stars
pastthanked one's lucky stars

Origin of thank one's lucky stars

From the belief that it is the alignment of the stars which brings about good fortune.

Questions about thank one's lucky stars

What does thank one's lucky stars mean?
Thank one's lucky stars means to be grateful, feel oneself fortunate, consider oneself lucky (especially in avoiding some calamity).
What part of speech is thank one's lucky stars?
Thank one's lucky stars is a verb.
What is the past tense of thank one's lucky stars?
The past tense of thank one's lucky stars is thanked one's lucky stars.

Words near thank one's lucky stars in the dictionary

  1. thank goddesses
  2. thank gods
  3. thank goodness
  4. thank heaven
  5. thank heavens
  6. thank one's lucky stars
  7. thank one's stars
  8. thank science
  9. thank the goddesses
  10. thank the gods
  11. thank u

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