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fluke verb2 trans. & intrans. [flu:k] M19.
[from FLUKE noun3.]
Orig. in Billiards and other games: achieve by or make a lucky stroke. Now more widely: do, get, etc., (something) by luck rather than skill.
Times Bennett..tried for a cannon, but fluked the white. N. Gould Even if he managed to fluke home in this trial. J. I. M. Stewart If I did fluke a place at Oxford.