Idiom
smash hit
Meaning
Something that is tremendously popular or successful.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The new movie is a total smash hit.”
“The band's latest album became a smash hit after it played on the radio all summer.”
“Although the critics initially dismissed the play, it unexpectedly became a smash hit, selling out theaters across the country for months.”
Examples
simple
“The new movie is a total smash hit.”
contextual
“The band's latest album became a smash hit after it played on the radio all summer.”
complex
“Although the critics initially dismissed the play, it unexpectedly became a smash hit, selling out theaters across the country for months.”
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