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Idiom

be in luck

Meaning

To be lucky in getting something that one wants.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“You are in luck because the store is still open.”

“If you need a ride to the station, you are in luck because I am heading that way now.”

“Should you require a rare edition of that classic novel, you are in luck, as the library recently acquired a pristine copy.”

Examples

simple

“You are in luck because the store is still open.”

contextual

“If you need a ride to the station, you are in luck because I am heading that way now.”

complex

“Should you require a rare edition of that classic novel, you are in luck, as the library recently acquired a pristine copy.”

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