streak of luck

See: RUN OF LUCK.

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out of luck

[out of luck] {adj. phr.} Being unlucky; having bad luck; having something bad happen to you. * /Mr. Jones missed his train and was out of luck in getting to […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

in luck

[in luck] {adj. phr.} Being lucky; having good luck; finding something good by chance. * /Bill was in luck when he found the money on the street./ * /Mary dropped […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

as luck would have it

[as luck would have it] {adv. clause} As it happened; by chance; luckily or unluckily. * /As luck would have it, no one was in the building when the explosion […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

run of luck

[run of luck] {n. phr.} A period of good luck. * /I had a run of luck last Saturday when I went fishing and caught seven big trout within one […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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