Hit the jackpot

verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To receive a more favorable outcome than imagined, especially by good luck. idiomatic

    "Before 1914, coal was a true cash-cow, and on paper, the GWR looked to have hit the jackpot by being handed all the railways in the South Wales coal fields."

  2. 2
    succeed by luck wordnet
  3. 3
    To be accurate or correct. idiomatic
  4. 4
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hit, jackpot.

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