luck out

verb2

1. •
   (informal) To experience great luck; to be extremely fortunate or lucky.

   • I lucked out and got the last two tickets to the big show.
2. •
   (informal) To experience a misfortune; to be unlucky.

   • The baby brother was no oil painting. He had lucked out with the genetic lottery. […] He had fallen out of the ugly tree, and hit every branch. — 2011