strike a lead (English, verb)
expansion: 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 or archaic) stricken a lead)
Senses:
topics: business
mining
glosses: To find a vein of ore.
glosses: To find a way to fortune.
tags: figuratively
informal
Forms:
form: strikes a lead
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: striking a lead
tags: participle
present
form: struck a lead
tags: past
form: struck a lead
tags: participle
past
form: stricken a lead
tags: archaic
participle
past
rare