Talk:luck out

RFV discussion: May–June 2018
Rfv-sense for supposed British definition. There are cites for the "good luck" version. --Superiority (talk) 19:37, 17 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Not that I'm aware of. I searched for a few permutations in Google Books (with "unfortunately", "London", etc.) but no luck. I did spot this on the Facebook page of a New Zealand band : "Evening legends! Unfortunately we lucked out on playing ACL AKL, but just wanted to thank you all for the love & support! Means a lot". Equinox ◑ 19:48, 17 May 2018 (UTC)


 * According to this (you need to scroll down to the bottom):


 * luck out 1. To be very unlucky; be doomed (WWII Army) 2. To be lucky; get something by good luck : that he will luck out after his search and create operation (1954+) [one of the slang expressions that can mean opposite things]


 * There is also a discussion of this issue at https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/you-lucked-out-ae-vs-be-luck-out.116999/ Mihia (talk) 20:16, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
 * ... and as far as the supposed BrE distinction goes, I rather tend to agree with one of the posters at that forum who suggests that "luck out" is hardly used in BrE, but BrE speakers would take a guess at what it might mean, and would normally guess the opposite of what AmE speakers use it to mean. I think that applies in my case anyway. Mihia (talk) 20:45, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 22:44, 19 June 2018 (UTC)