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make out like a bandit



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Idioms and Phrases

Succeed extremely well, as in He invested in real estate and made out like a bandit . This expression likens other forms of success to that of a triumphant robber. It may, however, come from an intermediate source, that is, the use of bandit (or one-armed bandit ) for a slot machine, which is far more profitable for the house than for gamblers. [ Slang ; c. 1970]

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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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