- hit the jackpot
- informal
Ingalls may have hit the jackpot with this latest novel
Syn:strike it rich, strike gold, succeed; informal clean up, hit the big time, score
Thesaurus of popular words. 2014.
Ingalls may have hit the jackpot with this latest novel
Thesaurus of popular words. 2014.
hit the jackpot — Ⅰ. hit the jackpot ► to achieve financial success: »They need a licensing deal to a big drug company before judging if their biotech venture has hit the jackpot. Main Entry: ↑hit Ⅱ. hit the jackpot ► to have a big success or make a lot of money,… … Financial and business terms
hit the jackpot — Jackpot Jackpot, n. 1. Same as {jack pot}. See under {jack}. [PJC] 2. Any larger than usual gambling prize formed by the accumulation of unwon bets. [PJC] 3. The highest gambling prize awarded in a gambling game in which smaller prizes are also… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hit the jackpot — ► hit the jackpot informal 1) win a jackpot. 2) have great or unexpected success. Main Entry: ↑jackpot … English terms dictionary
hit the jackpot — verb succeed by luck I lucked out and found the last parking spot in the lot • Syn: ↑luck out • Hypernyms: ↑succeed, ↑win, ↑come through, ↑bring home the bacon, ↑deliver the goods … Useful english dictionary
hit the jackpot — 1. tv. to win a large amount of money. □ I hit the jackpot in the big contest. □ Sally hit the jackpot in the lottery. 2. tv. to be exactly right; to find exactly what was sought. □ I hit the jackpot when I found this little cafe on Fourth Street … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
hit the jackpot — {v. phr.}, {slang} To be very lucky or successful. * /Mr. Brown invented a new gadget which hit the jackpot./ * /Mrs. Smith hit the jackpot when she got Lula for a maid./ … Dictionary of American idioms
hit the jackpot — {v. phr.}, {slang} To be very lucky or successful. * /Mr. Brown invented a new gadget which hit the jackpot./ * /Mrs. Smith hit the jackpot when she got Lula for a maid./ … Dictionary of American idioms
hit\ the\ jackpot — v. phr. slang To be very lucky or successful. Mr. Brown invented a new gadget which hit the jackpot. Mrs. Smith hit the jackpot when she got Lula for a maid … Словарь американских идиом
hit the jackpot — 1) to win the most important prize in a competition 2) to be very successful at something She hit the jackpot with her first novel, which sold over a million copies … English dictionary
hit the jackpot — be very lucky or successful She hit the jackpot when she went to Las Vegas last weekend … Idioms and examples