DEFINITIONS

hit it big

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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Words related to hit it big

successful, hot, fortuitous, happy, blossom, bloom, multiply, flourish, thrive, develop, succeed, boom, expand, advance, flower, score, augment, batten, rise, bear

Words nearby hit it big

hit a snag, hit batsman, hit below the belt, hit between the eyes, hit bottom, hit it big, hit it off, hit list, hit man, hit off, hit on
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