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hits the jackpot

hits the jackpot is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hit the jackpot.

Meaning of hit the jackpot

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To receive a more favorable outcome than imagined, especially by good luck.
    • Before 1914, coal was a true cash-cow, and on paper, the GWR looked to have hit the jackpot by being handed all the railways in the South Wales coal fields.2021 August 25, Richard Foster, “The rise and fall of railway's Big Four...”, in RAIL, number 938, page 55
  2. (idiomatic) To be accurate or correct.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hit, jackpot.

Questions about hits the jackpot

What is hits the jackpot the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hits the jackpot is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hit the jackpot.

Words near hits the jackpot in the dictionary

  1. hits the gym
  2. hits the hay
  3. hits the head
  4. hits the headlines
  5. hits the high notes
  6. hits the jackpot
  7. hits the mark
  8. hits the nail on the head
  9. hits the pan
  10. hits the pavement
  11. hits the rack

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