strike it lucky in English

Audio: En-au-strike it lucky.ogg

Forms: strikes it lucky [present, singular, third-person], striking it lucky [participle, present], struck it lucky [participle, past], struck it lucky [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|strike<,,struck> it lucky}} strike it lucky (third-person singular simple present strikes it lucky, present participle striking it lucky, simple past and past participle struck it lucky)

Inflected forms

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        "To have unexpected good fortune."
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        "(idiomatic) To have unexpected good fortune."
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"strike it lucky" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms