- touch wood
- phrasal
: to touch or rap on something made of wood as a charm to ward off bad luck especially after boasting of good luck
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touch wood see under ↑touch• • •Main Entry: ↑wood* * *
used when you have said that you have had good luck in order to prevent bad luck from happening to you People sometimes touch something made of wood when they say thisBen’s making a good recovery, touch wood.
Thesaurus: superstition and superstitionshyponymMain entry: touch* * *
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ˌtouch ˈwood idiom(BrE) (NAmE ˌknock on ˈwood) (saying) used when you have just mentioned some way in which you have been lucky in the past, to avoid bringing bad luck•
I've been driving for over 20 years and never had an accident— touch wood!
Useful english dictionary. 2012.