LUCK INTO

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Take possession of

Example:

She entered upon the estate of her rich relatives

Synonyms:

come upon; enter upon; luck into

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "luck into" is one way to...):

acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody