make a killing
verbEtymology
Originally US English.
Definitions
To win or earn a large amount of money.
- "Now if they were playing faro I could make a killing."
- And I said I still make a pretty good living / But you must make a killing / A killing
- Danny Boyle's critical darling 'Slumdog Millionaire' has made a killing at the box office and is now being lavished with awards.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA