Make a fortune
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.
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- Make a go of
verb phrase To achieve success in: to make a go of the list book business (1877+) Achieve success in, as in He has made a go of his new business. This expression was first recorded in 1877.
- Make a hash of something
verb phrase To make a jumble of; mangle; botch: The newspapers made a total hash of what I had said (1735+)
- Make-ahead
[meyk-uh-hed] /ˈmeɪk əˌhɛd/ adjective 1. that can be prepared in advance: a make-ahead casserole.