[Closed] Lucked out

you ran out of luck? Any why do we use it?

I don't, but I don't use 'Any why' either. 😀

[hastily adds quote, in case of sneaky edit]

I suspect it is simply a contraction of 'luck has run out'.

Edit - looking into it, that seems to be the case however in the USA it has the opposite meaning.

Means you got lucky obvs.

I always thought it meant that you had ran out of luck, but it seems to mean got really lucky nowadays...

Better to be lucky than good..... buy don't forget....

You create your own luck

Good luck

Who cares what it means, no one using the phrase will have anything interesting to say.

I have always thought it meant that, you/they had reached your/their maximum luck capacity at that moment
As in, “You have really lucked out there”.
Probably did come from mericans.
I don’t use the phrase .
I tend to say something like ,“Ya jammy bastard”

I know it as a contraction of "using all your luck up in one go".

I assumed it was derived from cash out? As in you've just traded in all your good karma/luck for a good result.

Never heard it in the context of running out of luck?

I tend to say something like ,“Ya jammy bastard

Spawny bastard.

Lucked out means you got lucky.

Never used it in a context of using up all your luck or running out of luck. Just means you got lucky.

In't language brilliant.

Far as I know it means get lucky, possibly in an exceptional or edge-case way. "I thought the event would have been fully booked, but I lucked out and got the last ticket."

I shall now, of course, hit Google.

out of luck and lucked out have opposite meanings

out of luck and lucked out have opposite meanings

Yep. "Lucked out" usually means to have got extremely lucky

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/luck-out

Lists it as American English and says it's "to be very lucky" or "to have something good happen by chance."

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/luck_out

"(colloquial, idiomatic, US, Canada) To experience great luck; to be extremely fortunate or lucky."

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/luck-out

"If you luck out, you get some advantage or are successful because you have good luck"

And many others. A contributor on Urban Dictionary suggests that it means unlucky in the UK but, speaking as someone in the UK, I've never heard it used like that (or indeed, used very often at all) and I can't find anything to back up that claim. I spotted a couple of anecdotal comments saying it means unlucky in New Zealand / Australia also, but again nothing to corroborate that.

A suggested etymology is that the "out" bit implies that you got out of a negative situation by luck. Eg, "I thought I was going to have to work late tonight, but I lucked out (of having to do that)."

http://www.word-detective.com/2011/03/luck-out/

At least I know why I don't use it now any why.

surely it's like 'cash out', or its synonym 'cash in'
the English language is daft

I’ve always understood it as being as lucky as you could be in a given situation - not using up your luck or running out of luck as luck isn’t expendable.  It’s the best outcome you can hope for when the outcome is reliant on luck

USing "luck" as a verb - so a positive.

A US thing I think.

It's American like "pissed".

pissed up? pissed off? pissed out? pissed in?

"I could care less" kind of American?

“I could care less” kind of American?

That's not American, it's Stupid.

(Granted, I know some folk think these are synonyms, but still...)

“Alarm went off”. Try explaining that to a four year old.