Idiom
push one's luck
Meaning
To take an excessive risk or to attempt some task unlikely to succeed, especially after having already been unexpectedly lucky.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You have won twice today, but do not push your luck.”
“He already arrived late twice this week, so he is pushing his luck by taking a long lunch break today.”
“After narrowly escaping detection during the initial phase of the heist, the thief decided not to push his luck by returning to the scene of the crime.”
Examples
simple
“You have won twice today, but do not push your luck.”
contextual
“He already arrived late twice this week, so he is pushing his luck by taking a long lunch break today.”
complex
“After narrowly escaping detection during the initial phase of the heist, the thief decided not to push his luck by returning to the scene of the crime.”
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