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Idiom HIT THE JACKPOT
Definition to get rich or find something of value
Examples
  1. Mabel always bought one lottery ticket in the hopes that one day she would hit the jackpot and never have to work again.
  2. I went to the library not expecting to find any of the books that were on my list, but I hit the jackpot. I managed to find all seven of them.
Cross-Refs

Synonym: hit pay dirt
Extra Info

The expression originates from gambling, in which the jackpot is the money collected from the gamblers and divided among the winners.
Category Money

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