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good luck

Good fortune or a happy outcome, especially by chance. For example, It was sheer good luck that brought this offer my way , or, as Shakespeare put it in The Merry Wives of Windsor (3:5): “As good luck would have it, comes in one Mistress Page.” [Late 1400s]
Also, good luck to you . I wish you success. This term is used both straightforwardly, as in Good luck on your journey , and sarcastically, implying that what someone is undertaking is not likely to succeed, as in If you think you'll find that long-lost letter, good luck to you .

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And good luck getting the song (and music video) to “Chandelier” out of your head.

Wearing the right foot of a chicken was considered good luck.

But good luck convincing other countries that the case against North Korea is airtight.

So Pope Francis has found a way to turn the generosity of others into good luck for a few.

I said, “Good luck with the Entourage movie… is there anything I need to know?”

(Holding out his hand) Good-bye, Bob, and—quite honestly—good luck.

It was by great good luck that you were found and conveyed secretly here by the garden entrance.

By good luck I managed to get into a house while everyone was away, and get a change of clothes.

By good luck, he found, on examining the larder, that there were odds and ends of one kind and another sufficient for a meal.

There followed the story of his good luck, the prodigious chance that had placed him suddenly upon the road to fortune.

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