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make a killing

make a killing verb: to win or earn a large amount of money.

Verb

make a killing (third-person singular simple present makes a killing, present participle making a killing, simple past and past participle made a killing)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To win or earn a large amount of money.
    • "Now if they were playing faro I could make a killing."1913, Rex Ellingwood Beach, chapter 5, in The Iron Trail: An Alaskan Romance
    • And I said I still make a pretty good living / But you must make a killing / A killing1996, Ani DiFranco, “Napoleon”, in Dilate

make a killing meaning in Malayalam

make a killing in Malayalam

make a large profit, make a fortune, make one's fortune
വൻ സാമ്പത്തികനേട്ടമുണ്ടാക്കുക, വൻലാഭമുണ്ടാക്കുക, പണം കൊയ്യുക, വൻലാഭം കൊയ്യുക, പണം വാരുക, പണമുണ്ടാക്കുക

Forms of make a killing

third-person singular presentmakes a killing
present participlemaking a killing
past participlemade a killing
pastmade a killing

Origin of make a killing

Originally US English.

Questions about make a killing

What does make a killing mean?
Make a killing means to win or earn a large amount of money.
What is make a killing in Malayalam?
Make a killing in Malayalam is വൻ സാമ്പത്തികനേട്ടമുണ്ടാക്കുക, വൻലാഭമുണ്ടാക്കുക, പണം കൊയ്യുക. See Make a killing meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is make a killing?
Make a killing is a verb.
What is the past tense of make a killing?
The past tense of make a killing is made a killing.

Words near make a killing in the dictionary

  1. make a grab
  2. make a habit of
  3. make a hash of
  4. make a hole
  5. make a joke of
  6. make a killing
  7. make a leg
  8. make a light
  9. make a lip
  10. make a living
  11. make a long arm

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: make a killing (page history and authors); make a killing (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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