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strikes gold

strikes gold is the third-person singular simple present indicative of strike gold.

Meaning of strike gold

Verb

strike gold (third-person singular simple present strikes gold, present participle striking gold, simple past struck gold, past participle struck gold or (rare or archaic) stricken gold)

  1. (informal) To be lucky, to win or be successful.
    • Danny Manning and Edwin Moses quickly come to mind for fans who want American athletes to strike gold this summer.1988, Douglas C. Lyons, “What to expect in Seoul”, in Ebony
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see strike, gold (to find gold).
    • “And how did he make his money?”
      “In mining. He had nothing a few years ago. Then he struck gold, invested it, and came up by leaps and bounds.”1892 [April], A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. X.—The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor.”, in Geo[rge] Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume III...

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Strikes gold is the third-person singular simple present indicative of strike gold.

Words near strikes gold in the dictionary

  1. strikes back
  2. strikes camp
  3. strikes down
  4. strikes dumb
  5. strikes fear
  6. strikes gold
  7. strikes in
  8. strikes it lucky
  9. strikes it rich
  10. strikes off
  11. strikes off strength

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