press luck
1press luck — press (your) luck See at: down on luck …
2luck — n. success good fortune 1) to bring luck 2) to try one s luck (at smt.) 3) to press, push one s luck 4) pure, sheer luck 5) beginner s luck 6) one s luck improves, turns; runs out 7) a bit, stroke of luck 8) luck at, in (luck at gambling) …
3Luck of the Legion — was a strip cartoon in the Eagle . It followed the exploits of the French Foreign Legion in North Africa (then largely French colonised or controlled) and focused mainly on the chisel jawed British hero Sergeant Tough Luck and his faithful… …
4press\ one's\ luck — • press one s luck • push one s luck v. phr. To depend too much on luck; expect to continue to be lucky. When John won his first two bets at the race track, he pressed his luck and increased his bets. If you re lucky at first, don t press your… …
5luck — [luk] n. [ME lucke, prob. < MDu luk, contr. < gelucke < ODu * gilukki (> Ger glück, fortune, good luck) < ? IE base * leug , to bend (> LEEK, LOCK1): basic sense “what bends together,” hence, “what occurs, what is fitting, lucky …
6press your luck — press (your) luck See at: down on luck …
7Press Your Luck — infobox television show name = Press Your Luck caption = The Press Your Luck intro board, circa 1984 format = Game show runtime = 30 minutes creator = Bill Carruthers, Jan McCormack starring = Peter Tomarken (host) Rod Roddy (announcer) country …
8press one's luck — or[push one s luck] {v. phr.} To depend too much on luck; expect to continue to be lucky. * /When John won his first two bets at the race track, he pressed his luck and increased his bets./ * /If you re lucky at first, don t press your luck./ …
9press one's luck — or[push one s luck] {v. phr.} To depend too much on luck; expect to continue to be lucky. * /When John won his first two bets at the race track, he pressed his luck and increased his bets./ * /If you re lucky at first, don t press your luck./ …
10luck — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ better, good, great ▪ blind, dumb (AmE), plain, pure, sheer ▪ It was sheer luck …