get lucky

idiom

: to have good luck : to succeed because of good luck

We thought all the tickets might have already been sold, but we got lucky—there were still a few left when we arrived.

informal : to succeed in finding or getting someone to agree to have sex with one

He's hoping to get lucky tonight.

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The next scene’s straight out of the Rush Hour 2 playbook when Carter (Chris Tucker) and Lee (Jackie Chan) get lucky at the Heaven on Earth massage parlor in the 2001 blockbuster. —

Michael Saponara, Billboard, 9 Aug. 2024 While some sellers get lucky, others have had to compromise. —

Tom Li, The Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2024 The cybersecurity insurance market did get lucky, in some respects, with the CrowdStrike meltdown. —

Kevin Williams, CNBC, 24 July 2024 Menendez, the senior senator from New Jersey, didn’t get lucky in his second federal corruption trial as in his first outing against U.S. prosecutors. —

New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 17 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for get lucky