strike oil (English, verb)
expansion: strike oil (third-person singular simple present strikes oil, present participle striking oil, simple past struck oil, past participle struck oil or (rare or archaic) stricken oil)
Senses:
glosses: To find petroleum when boring for it.
glosses: To have sudden good fortune, especially financially.
tags: figuratively
idiomatic
informal
Forms:
form: strikes oil
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: striking oil
tags: participle
present
form: struck oil
tags: past
form: struck oil
tags: participle
past
form: stricken oil
tags: archaic
participle
past
rare