lyckas — meaning in English

English meaning

• make out verb To kiss and embrace someone for a sustained period, in a romantic or passionate way.
• manage verb To be in charge of running something, such as a business, team, or project.
• succeed verb To achieve a desired goal or outcome.

Senses

lyckas is used for these senses in English:

• make out (now, chiefly, US, regional, intransitive) To manage, get along; to do (well, badly etc.). [from 17th c.]
• succeed (intransitive) To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; (often with to).

make out — full definition

1. verb To kiss and embrace someone for a sustained period, in a romantic or passionate way.
2. verb To manage to see, hear or read something that is faint or unclear.
3. verb To claim or suggest that something is the case, usually unfairly or falsely.
4. verb To write out a cheque, form or document, especially by filling in a name.

manage — full definition

1. verb To be in charge of running something, such as a business, team, or project.
2. verb To succeed in doing something, especially something difficult.
3. verb To handle or cope with a situation, resource, or problem.

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