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hit pay dirt en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To strike it rich; to get lucky or have a big break.
    • But after moving to New York, he soon found success on the stage, beginning with a small role in Tall Story (1959), and within a few years hit pay dirt as a newly wed in Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park on Broadway. 2025 September 20, Nicolas Rapold, “Obituary: Robert Redford”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6:
    • With his third novel he finally hit pay dirt and wrote a bestseller.

Forms

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hitting pay dirt Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hit paydirt alternative lexicographic
hit pay dirt Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hit pay dirt Tense=Past lexicographic
hits pay dirt Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic