seek one's fortune

English

Verb

seek one's fortune (third-person singular simple present seeks one's fortune, present participle seeking one's fortune, simple past and past participle sought one's fortune)

1. To go to a particular place to augment one's wealth or to find success.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: etsiä onneaan
• Polish: szukać szczęścia impf

See also

• try one's luck

Further reading

• “seek one's fortune”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “seek one's fortune”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “seek your fortune” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “seek your fortune” (US) / “seek your fortune” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.