"hit the jackpot" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-hit the jackpot.ogg Forms: hits the jackpot [present, singular, third-person], hitting the jackpot [participle, present], hit the jackpot [participle, past], hit the jackpot [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hit<,,hit> the jackpot}} 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. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to receive a favorable outcome, by luck): ضَرَبَ الفَوْز بِالْجَائِزَة الكُبِرَى (ḍaraba al-fawz bi-l-jāʔiza l-kubrā) (Arabic), 中獎 /中奖 (zhòngjiǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), voittaa jättipotti (Finnish), gagner le gros lot (French), toucher le jackpot (French), das Große Los ziehen (German), 大当たりをひく (ōatari-o hiku) (Japanese), strzelać w dziesiątkę [imperfective] (Polish), strzelić w dziesiątkę [perfective] (Polish), trafiać w dziesiątkę [imperfective] (Polish), trafić w dziesiątkę [perfective] (Polish), tirar a sorte grande (Portuguese), сорва́ть куш (sorvátʹ kuš) [imperfective] (Russian), срыва́ть куш (sryvátʹ kuš) [perfective] (Russian), sacarse la lotería (Spanish), sacarse el gordo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-hit_the_jackpot-en-verb-On65k4tZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of 'to receive a favorable outcome, by luck': 99 1
  2. (idiomatic) To be accurate or correct. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-hit_the_jackpot-en-verb-F0RrmccP

Inflected forms

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        "(idiomatic) To receive a more favorable outcome than imagined, especially by good luck."
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        "(idiomatic) To be accurate or correct."
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      "word": "voittaa jättipotti"
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      "word": "gagner le gros lot"
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      "word": "toucher le jackpot"
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      "word": "das Große Los ziehen"
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      "sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
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      "sense": "to receive a favorable outcome, by luck",
      "word": "sacarse la lotería"
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