It sounds nonsensical to me, as I'm sure most other Brits would also feel. Any unknown idiom sounds nonsensical; that is what makes it an idiom. Show 1 more comment. Active Oldest Votes. It means that you are replete with luck. Think of similar phrases like 'all decked out', e. The house was all decked out with balloons and banners for the birthday party.
Improve this answer. Interestingly, I've known this phrase lucked out , to be used in the negative quite often, probably mistakenly, with the meaning "ran out of luck". It does mean "ran out of luck" in British English. ShreevatsaR: Ah good, thought I was going mad. Another one of those reversals of meaning that so help ensure clarity in communications between the countries.
Add a comment. Jay Jay 3, 3 3 gold badges 25 25 silver badges 31 31 bronze badges. This is how I interpret "lucked out" as well. But I think people use it as a set phrase without any analysis. Michael Michael 29 1 1 bronze badge. Also, luck into. Gain success or something desirable through good fortune. For example, We lucked out and found the same rug for half the price , or Nell and Dave lucked into a terrific apartment. New Word List Word List.
Save This Word! See synonyms for luck out on Thesaurus. We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms. In other words Lucked Out means you were unlucky a much more obvious meaning to my mind I guess it comes from the phrase 'Shit outta luck' which can of course be used ironcally and thus carry both meanings. I lucked out on that promotion.
I did't get it! Lucked out. To be unlucky. To run out of luck. Alan: Oh crap my program crashed and I lost a bunch of work Rowan : Oh man lucked out.
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