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BY LUCK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does by luck mean?
• BY LUCK (adverb)
The adverb BY LUCK has 1 sense:
1. by accident
Familiarity information: BY LUCK used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
By accident
Synonyms:
Context example:
betrayed by a word haply overheard
Context examples
If they come to torture me, I might let slip a word of where the ship is, for I got the ship, part by luck and part by risking, and she lies in North Inlet, on the southern beach, and just below high water.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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