seek your fortune

seek (one's) fortune

To attempt to make a living or become rich by leaving one's home or original location. She worked as an assistant in the firm for several years before she finally left to seek her fortune as an independent contractor. I felt trapped in such a small town, where opportunities were very scarce for young people, so as soon as I turned 18, I packed up my belongings and moved to New York City to seek my fortune.
See also: fortune, seek
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

seek your ˈfortune

(literary) try to find a way to become rich, especially by going to another place: At the age of twenty, he decided to emigrate and seek his fortune in Canada. ▶ ˈfortune seeker noun
See also: fortune, seek
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • a change of heart
  • appear to
  • (one's) game
  • a mystery to (one)
  • a turn of phrase
  • able to do
  • able to do it
  • a shoulder to cry on
  • a piece of the action
  • a piece/slice of the action
References in classic literature
"Not to be always selfish, talking of my son, who has gone to seek his fortune and to find a wife--when do you mean to seek YOUR fortune and to find a husband, Miss Summerson?
Bleak House
It is you who set out seven or eight months ago from your country to seek your fortune in the capital?"
Three Musketeers
Life is worth living if you give it ago Give life a chance and you may never regret The day you gambled and won your bet A little get up and go is all it takes Wasting time is a big mistake Your future could depend on your aptitude With a little ambition and right attitude Seek your fortune high and low The first step is the hardest as you well know GEORGE MCLANDERS
POEM OF THE DAY
THE Civic Hall in Bedworth received an odd CV the other day from a very fine feline, Rascal, who had taken a previous owner's advice to 'go far and seek your fortune elsewhere'.
PURRFECT FELINE FOR DICK WHITTINGTON; Panto round-up..