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EnglishCrudeget lucky
Meaning: To succeed in having a sexual encounter.
Example: “He spent the whole night buying drinks, hoping to get lucky.”
Origin: American slang recorded from the 1960s (the Oxford English Dictionary's earliest example is from 1966): finding a willing partner is treated as a stroke of good fortune.
Equivalents in other languages
French: Tremper son biscuit Literally: To dip one's biscuit
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