PRESS (PUSH) ONE`S LUCK

Meaning of PRESS (PUSH) ONE`S LUCK in English

depend too much on luck, expect to continue to be lucky He is pushing his luck if he thinks that he will continue to make a lot of money on the stock market.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PUSH — I. ˈpu̇sh verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English posshen, pusshen, from Old French polser, poulser to push, beat, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRESS — I. ˈpres noun ( -es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English presse, prees, from Old French presse, from presser …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LUCK — I. ˈlək noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English lucke, from Middle Dutch luc; akin to Middle Low German lucke …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LUCK — (n.) That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is …
Английский словарь Webster
LUCK — ( n. ) That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting one's interests or happiness, and …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PUSH — /poosh/ , v.t. 1. to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRESS — press 1 — pressable , adj. /pres/ , v.t. 1. to act upon with steadily applied weight or force. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LUCK — /luk/ , n. 1. the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PUSH — I. ˈpu̇sh verb Etymology: Middle English possen, pusshen, probably from Old French pousser to exert pressure, from Latin pulsare, frequentative …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LUCK — I. ˈlək noun Etymology: Middle English lucke, from Middle Dutch luc; akin to Middle High German ge lücke luck Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PUSH — noun a pustule; a pimple. 2. push ·vi to burst pot, as a bud or shoot. 3. push ·noun a …
Webster English vocab
PRESS — noun specifically, a printing press. 2. press ·noun the act of pressing or thronging forward. 3. press ·v to embrace …
Webster English vocab
LUCK — noun that which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is …
Webster English vocab
PUSH — [push] vb [ME pusshen, fr. MF poulser to beat, push, fr. OF, fr. L pulsare, freq. of pellere to drive, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRESS — press, Press BrE AmE pres ▷ pressed prest ▷ presses ˈpres ɪz -əz ▷ pressing ˈpres ɪŋ ▶ ˈ press …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PUSH — / pʊʃ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb USING HANDS / ARMS / BODY 1. [often + adv. / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRESS — / pres; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun NEWSPAPERS 1. (often the Press ) [ sing.+ sing./pl. v . …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LUCK — / lʌk; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ U ] 1. good things that happen to you by …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUSH — I. push 1 S1 W2 /pʊʃ/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: noun : ↑ push , ↑ pusher , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRESS — I. press 1 S2 W2 /pres/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ pressed , ↑ pressing , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LUCK — I. luck 1 S2 W3 /lʌk/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ lucky ≠ ↑ unlucky …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PUSH — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. exert a force on (a thing) to move it away from oneself or from …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRESS — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. apply steady force to (a thing in contact) (press a switch; pressed the two …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LUCK — n. 1 chance regarded as the bringer of good or bad fortune. 2 circumstances of life (beneficial or not) brought …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PUSH — v. & n. v. 1 tr. exert a force on (a thing) to move it away from oneself or from …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRESS — v. & n. v. 1 tr. apply steady force to (a thing in contact) (press a switch; pressed the two …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LUCK — n. 1 chance regarded as the bringer of good or bad fortune. 2 circumstances of life (beneficial or not) brought …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PUSH — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. exert a force on (a thing) to move it away from oneself or from …
Oxford English vocab
PRESS — 1. v. & n. --v. 1. tr. apply steady force to (a thing in contact) (press a switch; pressed the …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
LUCK — n.1 chance regarded as the bringer of good or bad fortune. 2 circumstances of life (beneficial or not) brought by …
Oxford English vocab
PUSH — ( pushes, pushing, pushed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRESS — ( presses, pressing, pressed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LUCK — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Luck or good luck is success …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUSH — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES fuel inflation/push up inflation (= make inflation worse ) ▪ The increase in food …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LUCK — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES chance...luck ▪ We decided not to chance our luck in the storm. good luck …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PUSH — (PERSUADE FORCEFULLY) [verb] [T] - forcefully to persuade or direct (someone to do or achieve something)She said that she thought …
Cambridge English vocab
PRESS — (NEWSPAPERS) [noun] [U] - the press newspapers and magazines, and those parts of television and radio which broadcast news, or …
Cambridge English vocab
LUCK — [noun] [U] - the force that causes things, esp. good things, to happen to you by chance and not as …
Cambridge English vocab
PRESS — Synonyms and related words : AP, Associated Press, Fleet Street, Reuters, UPI, United Press International, accelerate, advice, adviser, advocate, annex, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LUCK — See: DOWN ON ONE'S LUCK, LUCK OUT, PRESS ONE'S LUCK or PUSH ONE'S LUCK, IN LUCK, OUT OF LUCK.
Slang English vocab
LUCK — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ better , good , great ▪ blind , dumb ( AmE ), plain , pure , sheer …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PUSH — INDEX: 1. to push something or someone 2. to push something that has wheels or rolls easily 3. to push …
Longman Activator English vocab
PRESS — INDEX: 1. to push something firmly, especially with your fingers 2. to press something so that it becomes flatter or …
Longman Activator English vocab
LUCK — See ↑ LUCKY 3 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a run of bad luck • ↑ a stroke of luck • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
PUSH — n. 25B6; verb she tried to push him away : SHOVE, thrust, propel; send, drive, force, prod, poke, nudge, elbow, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LUCK — n. 25B6; noun with luck you'll make it : GOOD FORTUNE, good luck; fluke, stroke of luck; informal lucky break. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PUSH — v. 1 thrust, shove, drive, move, set in motion, get moving, propel; press Push the boat away from the pier …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LUCK — See: DOWN ON ONE'S LUCK, LUCK OUT, PRESS ONE'S LUCK or PUSH ONE'S LUCK, IN LUCK, OUT OF LUCK.
Словарь английских идиом
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
LUCK — noun 1 BAD : If you have luck, you'll be able to hear Carreras sing. GOOD : If you're lucky, …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
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