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make a fortune

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  1. Also, make a small fortune. Earn a great deal of money, as in He made a fortune on the stock market. Similar expressions are, as in Now that their parents have died, they're worth a small fortune. Make a fortune dates from about 1700, and its use with small from the second half of the 1800s.

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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

Hua's wishes for the Year of the Horse were straightforward: "Of course, I hope to make a fortune, have a smooth life and stay healthy."

From Barron's

When I thought he was finished, I asked him, “Did Upton tell you how he did that rainmaking?You’d make a fortune if you could do it.”

From Literature

It goes the other way, too: U.S. companies make a fortune selling software, financial products and oil across the Atlantic.

From The Wall Street Journal

This was a signal to bombard Lippmann with accusatory questions: If it’s such a great idea, why don’t you quit Deutsche Bank and start a hedge fund and make a fortune for yourself?

From Literature

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