hit pay dirt

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hit pay dirt (third-person singular simple present hits pay dirt, present participle hitting pay dirt, simple past and past participle hit pay dirt)

  1. (informal, idiomatic) To strike it rich; to get lucky or have a big break.
    With his third novel he finally hit pay dirt and wrote a bestseller.
    • 2025 September 20, Nicolas Rapold, “Obituary: Robert Redford”, in FT Weekend, page 6:
      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.
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