win big
Hit the jackpot
To win big is to achieve a large or significant victory, especially in gambling or competition: She won big at the casino last night.
The phrase emphasizes the scale of success rather than mere winning—not just coming out ahead, but decisively so.
It extends to any major triumph: Early investors in tech stocks won big.
- windfallUnanticipated lucky gain
- lotteryRandomized prize distribution
- bonanzaSudden large windfall
- lucky breakUnforeseen favorable occurrence
- jackpotAccumulated gambling prize
triumph · treasure-trove · strike it rich · clean up · score · hit the jackpot · victory · come out on top · strike gold · payout · cash prize · grand prize · take home · pay dirt · fortune · mother lode · profit · rake in
- success idiomshit the jackpot, strike gold, make it, rags to riches, come out on top
- windfallsjackpot, windfall, grand prize, found money, bonanza
- Slang Successnail it, crush it, kill it, slay, smash it
win biglose big
Suffer major defeat
go bust · crash and burn · lose one's shirt · take a beating · bomb
win bighit rock bottom
Reached the lowest point
go bankrupt · bust out · crap out · snake eyes · bad beat
win, big, winner, winning, wins, bigger, biggest, bigly, winners