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hit the big time

hit the big time verb: to become successful and widely known.

Verb

hit the big time (third-person singular simple present hits the big time, present participle hitting the big time, simple past and past participle hit the big time)

  1. (idiomatic) To become successful and widely known.
    • After years of hard work, they finally hit the big time with their sixth album.

Forms of hit the big time

third-person singular presenthits the big time
present participlehitting the big time
past participlehit the big time
pasthit the big time

Questions about hit the big time

What does hit the big time mean?
Hit the big time means to become successful and widely known.
What part of speech is hit the big time?
Hit the big time is a verb.
What is the past tense of hit the big time?
The past tense of hit the big time is hit the big time.

Words near hit the big time in the dictionary

  1. hit squads
  2. hit test
  3. hit tests
  4. hit the accelerator
  5. hit the ball twice
  6. hit the big time
  7. hit the board
  8. hit the books
  9. hit the bottle
  10. hit the bricks
  11. hit the buffers

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