pay dirt
Noun
Meaning
a profitable success
ore that yields a substantial profit to the miner
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pay-dirt
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I encourage students to pursue an idea far enough so they can see what the cliches and stereotypes are. Only then do they begin to hit pay dirt.
the inventor worked for years before hitting pay dirt
Burrow will more than likely have his fair share of mistakes in this game, as do most rookie’s in their debut, but we should feel confident that he can find pay dirt twice on Sunday.
He also had 36 catches for 391 yards and three trips to pay dirt out of the Oklahoma backfield.
Fryeburg responded, moving the ball 61-yards in five plays in 1 minute, 27.8 seconds with Gullikson hitting pay dirt from four yards out behind blocks from Buzzell and Josh Frye.
New Boston’s next drive started with a nice 8-yard gain followed by a huge 41-yard run to put the Lions within 18 yards of pay dirt.