you lucked out

[bluedolphin]

Does it mean you got lucky or the opposite (you ran out of luck) I don't think its from the U.K.

[sft42]

It's a US saying and i've heard it used for both terms but it's more normally used to mean that you ran out of luck.

[xyzzyplugh]

Sorry to oppose your answer sft42, It is US but it definitely does mean good fortune; as in 'we lucked out and got a good deal' - Just asked my American wife; born Miami, lived in 24 different states.. She oughta know..

[darth vader]

24 states? did she like to travel or was she on the run? i feel like a nobody now, having lived in 1 county all my life (well apart from the period on Death Star, but i don't like to talk about that...)

[xyzzyplugh]

You sound like a nobody now as well darth vader, with childish retorts like that. Grow up you stupid boy!

[j2buttonsw]

(Giggling at the back): Darth got told off! Darth got told off!

[ravenhair]

It only means "to get lucky".