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Verb: hit the jackpot
Usage: informal
  1. Succeed by luck
    "I hit the jackpot and found the last parking spot in the lot";
    - luck out [N. Amer], luck [informal]

Derived forms: hits the jackpot, hit the jackpot, hitting the jackpot

Type of: bring home the bacon [informal], come through, come up trumps [Brit, informal], deliver the goods, succeed, turn up trumps [Brit, informal], win

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hit on
hit out
hit parade
hit squad
hit the books
hit the bottle
hit the ceiling
hit the deck
hit the dirt
hit the hay
hit the jackpot
hit the road
hit the roof
hit the sack
hit the spot
hit the trail
hit-and-miss
hit-and-run
hitch
hitch up
Hitchcock