push luck
1push luck — push (your) luck to expect good things to continue to happen because they have in the past. I was fortunate to survive the crash, and there was no point pushing my luck by continuing to race. Usage notes: often used in the phrase don t push your… …
2push your luck — push it/push your luck/informal phrase to take a big risk by doing something that is likely to cause you trouble I think you’re pushing your luck asking for another pay rise. Thesaurus: to take riskssynonym Main entry: push …
3push it — push it/push your luck/informal phrase to take a big risk by doing something that is likely to cause you trouble I think you’re pushing your luck asking for another pay rise. Thesaurus: to take riskssynonym Main entry …
4push your luck — push (your) luck to expect good things to continue to happen because they have in the past. I was fortunate to survive the crash, and there was no point pushing my luck by continuing to race. Usage notes: often used in the phrase don t push your… …
5push one's luck — See: PRESS ONE S LUCK …
6push one's luck — See: PRESS ONE S LUCK …
7push — ► VERB 1) exert force on (someone or something) so as to move them away from oneself or from the source of the force. 2) move (one s body or a part of it) forcefully into a specified position. 3) move forward by using force. 4) drive oneself or… …
8push things — see ↑push, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑thing * * * push your ˈluck | ˈpush it/things idiom (informal) to take a risk because you have successfully avoided problems in the past • …
9luck — [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 …
10push — (v.) c.1300, from O.Fr. poulser, from L. pulsare to beat, strike, push, frequentative of pellere (pp. pulsus) to push, drive, beat (see PULSE (Cf. pulse) (1)). The noun is first recorded 1570. Meaning approach a certain age is from 1937. Meaning… …
