hit it big

hit it big

To find major or extraordinary success. My uncle earned a respectable living in the '90s selling computers, but he really hit it big when he got into software development.
See also: big, hit
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hit it big

Score a major success, especially a profit, as in Some investors hit it big in the stock market. The adverb big here means "with great success." [Slang; late 1800s]
See also: big, hit
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

hit it big

Slang
To be successful: investors who hit it big on the stock market.
See also: big, hit
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • hit big
  • uncle
  • Uncle!
  • cried all the way to the bank, he/she
  • be in tall cotton
  • square apple
  • square john
  • square john broad
  • square-john broad
  • on the up and up