strike a lead

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English

Verb

strike a lead (third-person singular simple present strikes a lead, present participle striking a lead, simple past struck a lead, past participle struck a lead or (rare) stricken a lead)

  1. (mining) To find a vein of ore.
  2. (figurative, informal) To find a way to fortune.