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make a bundle
Idioms and Phrases
Also, make a pile . Make a great deal of money, as in When the market went up they made a bundle , or He made a pile from that department store . The first term, dating from about 1900, comes from the somewhat earlier use of bundle for a roll of banknotes. The variant, alluding to a heap of money, was first recorded in 1864.Example Sentences
I make a bundle out of brown paper and my apron, then take the back way around the ghetto fence to the basement window, avoiding the guarded gate.
The company, most of whose papers are small and whose flagship is USA Today, is still losing money, $135 million on revenue of $3.2 billion last year, thanks to the enormous debt it must repay to the asset management firm that is determined to make a bundle from the merger.
The capsules and tiles are magnetic, so you can make a bundle.
But at the same time, the schools those athletes attend make a bundle through television rights and other sources.
If the city wants to make a bundle of money giving out speeding tickets, Government Way is a perfect spot!
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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