hit it big

Verb

Meaning

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.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

batten bring home the bacon deliver the goods catch on hit the jackpot do well

Antonyms

abort fall flat go wrong run aground

Examples

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

Close letter words and terms

hit into hit it hit it and quit it hit it for six hit it off hit it out of the park