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make a fortune

VERB
line one's pockets
Synonyms
WEAK
clean up coin money feather one's nest fill one's pockets get rich have one's ship come in have the golden touch make a bundle make a mint make a wad put money in one's pocket strike it rich
VERB
succeed
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accomplish achieve benefit flourish gain get overcome prevail prosper realize thrive triumph win
STRONG
acquire arrive avail conquer distance earn fulfill hit obtain outdistance outwit possess profit reap receive recover retrieve score secure surmount vanquish work worst
WEAK
be successful carry off come off do all right do the trick get to the top grow famous make good make it make out pull off turn out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
fail forfeit give in hinder languish lose miss pass surrender yield
STRONG
give give up offer relinquish
WEAK
precede

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"Businesses are going to make a fortune, and that's why you cannot continue to have a payroll tax system that taxes jobs and then subsidizes automation," the governor said in a statement.

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

They have nice lives, they make a fortune, their companies are huge, they already own their yachts and whatever it is they want.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026

They were correctly betting that the winners would make a fortune.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2025

Posing as an aristocratic novelist, she saw an opportunity to make a fortune - by convincing 1,000 islanders to relocate to a patch of Australian swamp.

From BBC ● May 22, 2025

“I’d write it all down. I could make a fortune on a book like that. I can’t move my legs either.”

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

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