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hit it big

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  1. Score a major success, especially a profit, as in Some investors hit it big in the stock market. The adverb big here means “with great success.” [Slang; late 1800s]

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The little movie-streaming service behind the award-winning box office smash “The Substance” had hit it big.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

If the best way to hit it big is to make a podcast that someone like Altman adores, then the rest of us are probably in trouble.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026

Meme coin investors include everyone from bitcoin millionaires to people grasping at the chance to hit it big, industry insiders say.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2025

Around 1908, other miners hit it big in northwestern San Bernardino County — in tungsten.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2025

The Klausons had hit it big with their dinosaur farm.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth

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