luck into

English

Verb

luck into (third-person singular simple present lucks into, present participle lucking into, simple past and past participle lucked into)

1. (transitive, informal) to find by chance, to chance upon
   • 2009, Stan Barnes, What I Learned in Life from a Liquid Manure Pit, page 109:

     One rainy day, while working in an area that was mostly grain farmers, I lucked into a situation that would dramatically change my pattern of working a township.

Synonyms

• come across
• happen on
• stumble upon

References

• “luck into sth”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.