"hit the big time" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-hit the big time.ogg [Australia] Forms: hits the big time [present, singular, third-person], hitting the big time [participle, present], hit the big time [participle, past], hit the big time [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hit<,,hit> the big time}} hit the big time (third-person singular simple present hits the big time, present participle hitting the big time, simple past and past participle hit the big time)
  1. (idiomatic) To become successful and widely known. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-hit_the_big_time-en-verb-6cNObkWd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hit the big time meaning in English (1.4kB)

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        "(idiomatic) To become successful and widely known."
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