Meaning of hit the jackpot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To receive a more favorable outcome than imagined, especially by good luck.
   idiomatic
2. To be accurate or correct.
   idiomatic
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hit, jackpot.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

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