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[ noun ] your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
Examples : "whatever my fortune may be" "deserved a better fate" "has a happy lot" "the luck of the Irish" "a victim of circumstances" "success that was her portion" Used in print (Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)`` What luck , Cobb '' ? he said swiftly . The truth was , the puncher was both bewildered and dismayed by his own mixed luck . (Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)Damn his luck . (T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)But as the tree passed , she lifted an arm in gesture of better luck and farewell . Related terms condition condition good_fortune misfortune failure providence |
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[ noun ] an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
Examples "bad luck caused his downfall" "we ran into each other by pure chance" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)`` Just our luck '' ! exclaimed Stram . (Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)Here 's where luck would normally step_in . Related terms |
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[ noun ] an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome
Synonyms Examples "it was my good luck to be there" "they say luck is a lady" "it was as if fortune guided his hand" Used in print (Donald J. Plantz, Sweeney Squadron....)Luck was with him . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 5091
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