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make a killing en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Etymology

Originally US English.

Meanings

1. (idiomatic, informal) To win or earn a large amount of money.
   • "Now if they were playing faro I could make a killing." 1913, Rex Ellingwood Beach, chapter 5, in The Iron Trail: An Alaskan Romance:
   • And I said I still make a pretty good living / But you must make a killing / A killing 1996, Ani DiFranco, “Napoleon”, in Dilate:
   • Danny Boyle's critical darling 'Slumdog Millionaire' has made a killing at the box office and is now being lavished with awards. 2009 January 17, Tom Huddleston, “What's all the fuss about 'Slumdog Millionaire'?”, in Time:

Forms

Translations (17)

fi tienata hyvät rahat (to win or earn a large amount of money) · es hacerse la América (to win or earn a large amount of money) · de (großen) Reibach machen (to win or earn a large amount of money) · ru грести́ де́ньги лопатой (to win or earn a large amount of money) · ro a da lovitura (to win or earn a large amount of money) · es hacer su agosto (to win or earn a large amount of money) · it fare cassa (to win or earn a large amount of money) · es forrarse (to win or earn a large amount of money) · it fare una fortuna (to win or earn a large amount of money) · es devengar un dineral (to win or earn a large amount of money) · fi lyödä rahoiksi (to win or earn a large amount of money) · cmn 大賺一筆 /大赚一笔 (to win or earn a large amount of money) · es ponerse las botas (to win or earn a large amount of money) · it sbancare (to win or earn a large amount of money) · pl zbijać kasę (to win or earn a large amount of money) · fr toucher le jackpot (to win or earn a large amount of money) · de sich eine goldene Nase verdienen (to win or earn a large amount of money)