for luck
idiom
: in order for someone to have good luck
Before her husband left for his job interview, she gave him a kiss for luck.
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Just as Bucky insisted that Buck take his two-dollar bill on the prior mission for luck, Bubbles gives Crosby his lucky snowglobe.
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Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
Finally, the starring attraction of the south end is children engaging in a dragon dance with a 44-foot dragon puppet, under a canopy of red silk for luck and firecrackers to ward off evil spirits.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2024
Buy and wear red or yellow underwear for luck with love and money.
—Jessica Perez, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
If not for luck and good investigative work on the part of Western intelligence agencies, ISIS would have succeeded in striking the West months ago.
—Nathaniel Barr, Foreign Affairs, 23 Nov. 2015
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Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
Finally, the starring attraction of the south end is children engaging in a dragon dance with a 44-foot dragon puppet, under a canopy of red silk for luck and firecrackers to ward off evil spirits.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2024
Buy and wear red or yellow underwear for luck with love and money.
—Jessica Perez, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
If not for luck and good investigative work on the part of Western intelligence agencies, ISIS would have succeeded in striking the West months ago.
—Nathaniel Barr, Foreign Affairs, 23 Nov. 2015
See all Example Sentences for for luck
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“For luck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20luck. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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