good luck
idiom
1
—used to say that one hopes someone will succeed
We're sorry that you're leaving. Good luck in your new job.
2
informal
—used to say that one thinks what someone is trying to do is difficult or impossible
"I'm planning to ask for a raise." "Oh, really? Well, good luck (to you)."
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Early in the day, Bezos had tweeted good luck to SpaceX on its Starship launch.
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Alex Knapp, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
In an absurd mix of bad and good luck, ISIS soon took their neighborhood — as well as the detention center where Ahmad was being held, freeing him and returning him to Areej.
—Alia Malek, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
The signature item, unsurprisingly, is tassel earrings—good luck trying to choose just one of the many varieties in stock.
—Jill K. Robinson, AFAR Media, 16 Jan. 2025
And good luck to the knees and ankles of any forward in the 1980s who got close enough to a Ron Hextall or a Billy Smith, who’d take their big goalie paddles and chop a forward down like a lumberjack.
—Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Alex Knapp, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
In an absurd mix of bad and good luck, ISIS soon took their neighborhood — as well as the detention center where Ahmad was being held, freeing him and returning him to Areej.
—Alia Malek, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
The signature item, unsurprisingly, is tassel earrings—good luck trying to choose just one of the many varieties in stock.
—Jill K. Robinson, AFAR Media, 16 Jan. 2025
And good luck to the knees and ankles of any forward in the 1980s who got close enough to a Ron Hextall or a Billy Smith, who’d take their big goalie paddles and chop a forward down like a lumberjack.
—Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Good luck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/good%20luck. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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