luck onto something Definition

luck
noun

1. Chance, especially as it is perceived as influencing someone's life at specific points in time.

Example: felt luck was on his side so he kept on betting
Thesaurus: fate, destiny, chance, fortune, prosperity, happenstance, accident, fluke.
2. Good fortune.
3. Events in life which cannot be controlled and seem to happen by chance.

Example: She's had nothing but bad luck

Derivative: luckless
adj

Not having good luck; unfortunate
Thesaurus: cursed, hapless, jinxed, doomed, star-crossed, calamitous, catastrophic; Antonym: fortunate.

Idiom: down on one's luck

Experiencing problems or suffering hardship.

Idiom: Good luck!

An exclamation wishing someone success in some venture they are about to undertake.

Idiom: in luck

Fortunate.
Example: You're in luck; there's just one left

Idiom: just my luck (just our, his etc luck)

colloq
Expressing how typical an unwelcome situation, event, outcome, etc is
Example: Red wine all down my white shirt! Just my luck!

Idiom: luck of the draw

A chance someone takes.

Idiom: luck of the Irish

Extreme good fortune.

Idiom: no such luck

colloq
Unfortunately not.

Idiom: out of luck

Unfortunate.
Example: You're out of luck we sold the last one yesterday

Idiom: push one's luck

colloq
To keep on doing something even when one is aware that something might well go wrong.

Idiom: Tough luck!

colloq
Expressing either genuine or mock sympathy to someone who has suffered a misfortune.

Idiom: try one's luck (test one's luck)

To attempt something without being sure of the outcome.

Idiom: worse luck

colloq
Unfortunately.

Etymology: 15c: from Dutch luk.

Phrasal Verb: luck into or onto something

To get or meet it by chance.
Example: We lucked into some really good bargains

Phrasal Verb: luck out

To be fortunate or to get something by good fortune.
Example: really lucked out when they won the lottery

Phrasal Verb: luck upon something

To come across it by chance.