hit it big

Idioms  

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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Example Sentences

Her article in the high school paper has hit it big in eastern Washington.

From Literature

"If I hit it big, you think you'd decide to be around all them snotty noses—matter fact, snotty, snotty noses—every day?"

From Literature

Neal had hit it big in the technology field, really big.

From Literature

The Klausons had hit it big with their dinosaur farm.

From Literature

In Harlem hundreds of poor people invested their pennies, nickels, and sometimes dollars in the hope that they would hit it big.

From Literature

Related Words

• bloom
• blossom
• boom
• develop
• do well
• expand
• multiply
• succeed
• thrive