TRY YOUR LUCK (AT STH)

Meaning of TRY YOUR LUCK (AT STH) in English

to do sth that involves risk or luck, hoping to succeed :

My grandparents emigrated to Canada to try their luck there.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
YOUR — I. Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēower (used as gen. of gē you); akin to Old High German iuwēr …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TRY — I. ˈtrī verb ( tried ; tried ; trying ; tries ) Etymology: Middle English trien, from Anglo-French trier, from …
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
AT — I. ət, (ˈ)at, usu -d.+V preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English æt; akin to Old High German az at, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation south
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
YOUR — /yoor, yawr, yohr/ ; unstressed /yeuhr/ , pron. 1. (a form of the possessive case of you used as an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TRY
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
TRY — I. ˈtrī verb ( tried ; try·ing ) Etymology: Middle English trien, from Anglo-French trier to select, sort, examine, determine, …
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
YOUR — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēower; akin to Old English ēow you — more at you Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TRY — noun a screen, or sieve, for grain. 2. try ·vt refined; select; excellent; choice. 3. try ·noun act of trying; …
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
AT — prep the relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock; at twenty-one; at once; at first. 2. at …
Webster English vocab
STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
TRY — [try] vb tried ; try.ing [ME trien, fr. AF trier, fr. OF, to pick out, sift, prob. fr. LL tritare …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
YOUR — / jɔː(r); NAmE jʊr weak form jə(r)/ determiner (the possessive form of you ) 1. of or belonging to the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRY — / traɪ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( tries , try·ing , tried , tried ) 1. to …
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
YOUR — your S1 W1 /jə; strong jɔː $ jər strong jɔːr/ BrE AmE determiner [possessive form of ‘you’] [ Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TRY — I. try 1 S1 W1 /traɪ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle tried , present participle trying …
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
AT — at S1 W1 /ət; strong æt/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: æt ] 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TRY — v. & n. --v. (-ies, -ied) 1 intr. make an effort with a view to success (often foll. by to …
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
TRY — v. & n. v. (-ies, -ied) 1 intr. make an effort with a view to success (often foll. by to …
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
TRY — v. & n. --v. (-ies, -ied) 1. intr. make an effort with a view to success (often foll. by to …
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
YOUR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Your' is the second person possessive …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRY — ( tries, trying, tried) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
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
AT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRY — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES hear/try a case (= listen to the evidence before making a judgment ) ▪ …
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
YOUR — [determiner]Your means of or belonging to people generally.Garlic is good for your blood.Of course you want the best for your …
Cambridge English vocab
TRY — [noun] [C]It's difficult to finish the test in the allotted time, but just have a try and see how much …
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
TRY — Synonyms and related words : acid test, agonize, aim, annoy, appraise, approach, arbitrate, aspire, assay, attempt, bear hard upon, bid, …
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
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Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LUCK — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ better , good , great ▪ blind , dumb ( AmE ), plain , pure , sheer …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TRY — INDEX: try to do something 1. to try to do something 2. to try very hard to do something 3. …
Longman Activator English vocab
TRY — See ↑ OPEN 1, ↑ TASTE 9, ↑ TRY 1,8 ◆◆◆ • ↑ do/try your best • ↑ give it …
Longman Activator English vocab
LUCK — See ↑ LUCKY 3 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a run of bad luck • ↑ a stroke of luck • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
TRY — n. 25B6; verb try to help him : ATTEMPT, endeavour, make an effort, exert oneself, strive, do one's best, do …
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
TRY — v. 1 attempt, endeavour, essay, seek, undertake, venture, strive, struggle, make an effort, try (one's) hand at, Colloq have a …
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
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
TRY — 1. сущ. 1) а) попытка; заход, подход to have/make a try at/for smth. ≈ попытаться сделать что-л. Syn : attempt, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LUCK — 1. сущ. 1) а) фортуна, судьба б) счастливый случай, шанс just my luck! ≈ мне, как всегда, не везет!, такое …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AT — I (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) предл. 1) (самое общее значение нахождения в некоторой точке пространства) у, в, за, на He …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
YOUR — your.ogg jɔ: (полная форма); jə (редуцированная форма) poss pron ( употр. тк. атрибутивно; ср. yours) I ( при обращении к …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TRY — try.ogg 1. traı n 1. разг. попытка to have /to make/ a try at /for, to do/ smth. - попытаться …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LUCK — luck.ogg 1. lʌk n 1. (та или иная) судьба; случай rough luck - горькая доля good luck - счастливый случай, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AT — at.ogg æt (полная форма); ət (редуцированная форма) prep 1. в пространственном значении указывает на 1> нахождение около какого-л. предмета у, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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