"hit pay dirt" meaning in English

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    },
    {
      "form": "hitting pay dirt",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hit pay dirt",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hit pay dirt",
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        "past"
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "With his third novel he finally hit pay dirt and wrote a bestseller.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To strike it rich; to get lucky or have a big break."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "strike",
          "strike"
        ],
        [
          "rich",
          "rich"
        ],
        [
          "lucky",
          "lucky"
        ],
        [
          "break",
          "break"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, idiomatic) To strike it rich; to get lucky or have a big break."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hit paydirt"
        }
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "informal"
      ]
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  "word": "hit pay dirt"
}

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    {
      "form": "hits pay dirt",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hitting pay dirt",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit pay dirt",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit pay dirt",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
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        {
          "text": "With his third novel he finally hit pay dirt and wrote a bestseller.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To strike it rich; to get lucky or have a big break."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strike",
          "strike"
        ],
        [
          "rich",
          "rich"
        ],
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          "lucky",
          "lucky"
        ],
        [
          "break",
          "break"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, idiomatic) To strike it rich; to get lucky or have a big break."
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "informal"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hit paydirt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hit pay dirt"
}