"strike lucky" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: strikes lucky [present, singular, third-person], striking lucky [participle, present], struck lucky [past], struck lucky [participle, past], stricken lucky [participle, past, rare]
Head templates: {{en-verb|strike<,,struck> lucky|past_ptc2=stricken lucky|past_ptc2_qual=rare}} strike lucky (third-person singular simple present strikes lucky, present participle striking lucky, simple past struck lucky, past participle struck lucky or (rare) stricken lucky)
  1. (British) To have unexpected good fortune. Tags: British Related terms: strike me lucky, strike it lucky
    Sense id: en-strike_lucky-en-verb-yFVS8wMI Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

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