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make a killing
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(Definition of make a killing from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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make a case for sth idiom
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make a clean breast of it idiom
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make a day/night/evening/weekend of it idiom
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make a hole in sth idiom
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make a joke of sth idiom
- make a killing idiom
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make a man (out) of sb idiom
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make a meal (out) of sth idiom
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make a mockery of sth idiom
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make a monkey out of sb idiom
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make a mountain out of a molehill idiom
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SMART Thesaurus: Earning money
Synonyms and related words:
- bank verb (MONEY)
- danger money noun
- draw verb (MONEY)
- earn verb
- earnings noun
- feather your own nest idiom
- fundraising noun
- hourly adjective
- income noun
- OTE noun
- paved with gold idiom
- pocket money noun (CHILD'S MONEY)
- professionally adverb
- remuneration noun
- scrape a living idiom
- stipend noun
- stoppage noun (MONEY)
- strike pay noun
- unearned adjective
- wage noun
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