Idiom
hit the jackpot
Meaning
To receive a more favorable outcome than imagined, especially by good luck.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I hit the jackpot when I found this cheap apartment.”
“She hit the jackpot with her new job, which offers a great salary and flexible hours.”
“By choosing to invest in the startup during its infancy, he hit the jackpot when the company was eventually acquired by a global corporation.”
Examples
simple
“I hit the jackpot when I found this cheap apartment.”
contextual
“She hit the jackpot with her new job, which offers a great salary and flexible hours.”
complex
“By choosing to invest in the startup during its infancy, he hit the jackpot when the company was eventually acquired by a global corporation.”
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