"strike it rich" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-strike it rich.ogg [Australia] Forms: strikes it rich [present, singular, third-person], striking it rich [participle, present], struck it rich [participle, past], struck it rich [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|strike<,,struck> it rich}} strike it rich (third-person singular simple present strikes it rich, present participle striking it rich, simple past and past participle struck it rich)
  1. (idiomatic, informal) To become rich suddenly and unexpectedly. Tags: idiomatic, informal Translations (become rich): 大發其財 (Chinese Mandarin), 大发其财 (dàfāqícái) (Chinese Mandarin), 發財 (Chinese Mandarin), 发财 (fācái) (Chinese Mandarin), äkkirikastua (Finnish), tirar a sorte grande (Portuguese)

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