hit it big
Example Sentences
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The little movie-streaming service behind the award-winning box office smash “The Substance” had hit it big.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
If the best way to hit it big is to make a podcast that someone like Altman adores, then the rest of us are probably in trouble.
From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026
Meme coin investors include everyone from bitcoin millionaires to people grasping at the chance to hit it big, industry insiders say.
From Salon • Feb. 5, 2025
Loewe, one of the gala’s sponsors, hit it big by dressing the evening’s mastermind, Anna Wintour, in a black coat adorned with blooms.
From Seattle Times • May 7, 2024
In Harlem hundreds of poor people invested their pennies, nickels, and sometimes dollars in the hope that they would hit it big.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
