big score
Huge win achieved
A big score is a major success, especially one involving substantial money or valuable gains.
The phrase comes from criminal slang—a heist, drug deal, or con that yields a large payout: They were planning one last big score before retiring.
It extends to any windfall or breakthrough: Landing that client was a big score for the firm.
- hit the jackpotWin a major prize
- jackpotAccumulated gambling prize
- heistOrganized large-scale theft
- windfallUnanticipated lucky gain
- lucky breakUnforeseen favorable occurrence
payday · haul · loot · robbery · cash · fortune · steal · hustle · payout · winning · crime · hit · bonanza · take · caper · inside job · scheme · gamble
- heistsheist, bank job, bank heist, bank robbery, art heist
- windfallsjackpot, windfall, grand prize, found money, lottery win
- winningsjackpot, prize, winnings, payout, grand prize
- striking goldjackpot, eureka, bonanza, windfall, paydirt
big scoresmall potatoes
Insignificant things or people
pittance · pocket change · chump change · petty theft · slim pickings
big scorewipeout
Complete, catastrophic failure
going bust · total loss · bust · disaster · catastrophe
big, bigger, biggest, score, scores, scored, scoring, scorer, scorers