What is the opposite of lucked out?
In American english, where “lucking out” is enjoying success or benefits due to good fortune, I’d say the antonym is “(getting) a bad draw” which is facing hardship due to bad fortune. Obviously enough, it does not contain the word “luck”. Sorry about that. I have heard “I lost out” — a nice mirror to “I lucked out.”
What is the meaning of lucked out?
US, informal. : to have good luck We arrived late but we lucked out—there were still a few tickets left.
Does lucked out mean good or bad?
A: In that case, to “luck out” meant to succeed through good luck, or simply to have good luck. Q: Case closed then. Curiously, in Britain and Australia, to “luck out” has come to mean the complete opposite – to have bad luck.
What does lucked mean?
luck in. To be very lucky or fortunate; to experience particularly good luck. (A nonstandard variant of “luck out.”) I really lucked in with my graduate school program.
What does lucked out mean in UK?
(colloquial, idiomatic, Australia, Britain) To be unfortunate or unlucky; to run out of luck. I lucked out and didn’t get the last two tickets to the big show.
Why is it called lucked out?
It implies that you recieved as much luck as was possible whether it be good or bad, aka you rode your luck untill it ran out, or simply just ran out of luck.
Why is lucked out?
If “luck out” was indeed used to mean “run out of luck” during World War II, it couldn’t have been a very popular usage, because written examples are very hard to find. The use of “out” in “luck out” actually seems to suggest the “get lucky” meaning was more common from the outset.
Is lucked out good?
(2) Depending on the type of luck you are referring to, i.e. good or bad, this phrase either implies a positive or negativestatement. It implies that you recieved as much luck as was possible whether it be good or bad, aka you rode your luck untill it ran out, or simply just ran out of luck.
Why is lucked out a good thing?
It means that you are replete with luck. Think of similar phrases like ‘all decked out’, e.g. The house was all decked out with balloons and banners for the birthday party. Out in all these contexts means ‘the fullest extent or amount’.