pay dirtnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈpeɪ ˌdɜːt/us/ˈpeɪ ˌdɝːt/USsomething very valuable or very useful that is found after searching or effort:
If a salesperson does not quickly hit pay dirt with a customer they will usually move straight on to someone else.
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Useful or advantageous
- a pearl of great price idiom
- a place in the sun idiom
- advantageous
- all-singing
- amiss
- corrective
- expedient
- favourable
- fodder
- foil
- fruitful
- fruitfulness
- palliative
- profitable
- repay
- repay sb's effort, time, attention, etc. idiom
- respite
- salutary
- serviceable
- sniff
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