make a fortune

Idioms and Phrases

Also, make a small fortune . Earn a great deal of money, as in He made a fortune on the stock market . Similar expressions are be worth a fortune or small fortune , 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.

Related Words

• accomplish
• achieve
• benefit
• flourish
• gain
• get
• overcome
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• realize
• thrive
• triumph
• win