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wins the lottery

wins the lottery is the third-person singular simple present indicative of win the lottery.

Meaning of win the lottery

Verb

win the lottery (third-person singular simple present wins the lottery, present participle winning the lottery, simple past and past participle won the lottery)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To experience an extraordinary or highly fortunate event.
    • The juror snorted. “That guy thought he won the lottery just because he was out of commission for 90 days. When he found out what his problem was, the first thing he did was go to his lawyer—not his doctor. Then he comes here and tries to tell us his sex life was worth $50,000 a day. No way. We...1999 September 1, Jim McElhaney, ABA Journal, volume 94, number 2, published 1 February 2008, page 24b
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see win, lottery.

Questions about wins the lottery

What is wins the lottery the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Wins the lottery is the third-person singular simple present indicative of win the lottery.

Words near wins the lottery in the dictionary

  1. wins over
  2. wins round
  3. wins someone's heart
  4. wins the battle, but loses the war
  5. wins the day
  6. wins the lottery
  7. wins through
  8. wins up
  9. Winscales
  10. Winscombe
  11. Winscombe and Sandford

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