make a killing

make a kill·ing

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Definitions of make a killing words

phrase make a killing If you make a killing, you make a large profit very quickly and easily. 0
verb make a killing (Idiomatic) To win or earn a large amount of money. 0

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

compile — When you compile something such as a report, book, or programme, you produce it by collecting and putting together many pieces of information.
acquire — If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you.
swell — to grow in bulk, as by the absorption of moisture or the processes of growth.
rack up — ruin or destruction; wrack.
assemble — When people assemble or when someone assembles them, they come together in a group, usually for a particular purpose such as a meeting.

disperse — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
scatter — to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds.
forfeit — a fine; penalty.
decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
lessen — to become less.

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