Usually means: Achieve significant success or wealth.
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  1. strike gold: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. strike gold: Merriam-Webster
  3. strike gold: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. strike gold: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. strike gold: Wiktionary

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  1. strike gold: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (strike gold)

▸ verb:  (literally) To find gold.
▸ verb:  (informal) To be lucky, to win or be successful.

Similar:
go for gold, strike a lead, strike oil, go for the gold ring, strike it rich, hit paydirt, hit the jackpot, prospect, strike it lucky, strike lucky, more...

Opposite:
come up empty, strike out, fail, miss, lose

Phrases:
to strike gold, more...

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Similar:
go for gold, strike a lead, strike oil, go for the gold ring, strike it rich, hit paydirt, hit the jackpot, prospect, strike it lucky, strike lucky, more...

Opposite:
come up empty, strike out, fail, miss, lose

Phrases:
to strike gold, more...



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