Verb
hit it big (third-person singular simple present hits it big, present participle hitting it big, simple past and past participle hit it big)
(idiomatic, colloquial) To have great success
I wasn't expecting it to work, but I hit it big when I tried the new approach.
Authors who are not superstars—Stephen King, J. K. Rowling, Stephanie Meyer—are constantly under pressure to hit it big with every book. Source: Internet
Find the Feathered Serpent was Hunter's first published book, back in 1952 when he was in his mid-twenties, a couple of years before he hit it big with The Blackboard Jungle. Source: Internet
In this story of friendship and family, Devin wants to hit it big on the internet by pulling a stunt at a televised NBA game. Source: Internet
This was up until The Killer Angels hit it big and later became the movie Gettysburg. Source: Internet