ride one's luck in English

Audio: En-au-ride one's luck.ogg

[Australia] Forms: rides one's luck [present, singular, third-person], riding one's luck [participle, present], rode one's luck [past], ridden one's luck [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|ride<,,rode,ridden> one's luck}} ride one's luck (third-person singular simple present rides one's luck, present participle riding one's luck, simple past rode one's luck, past participle ridden one's luck)

Inflected forms

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        "To avoid failure only by good fortune."
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        "(idiomatic) To avoid failure only by good fortune."
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"ride one's luck" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms