win the lottery (English, verb)
expansion: win the lottery (third-person singular simple present wins the lottery, present participle winning the lottery, simple past and past participle won the lottery)
Senses:
glosses: To experience an extraordinary or highly fortunate event.
tags: idiomatic
informal
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see win, lottery.
Forms:
form: wins the lottery
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: winning the lottery
tags: participle
present
form: won the lottery
tags: participle
past
form: won the lottery
tags: past