get rich quick

phrase

: to make a large amount of money quickly

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The Iowa Lottery is offering another game for residents to get rich quick. Cooper Worth, Des Moines Register, 26 Feb. 2026 Arguably, this desire to get rich quick, or to instantly free oneself of debt, is also one of the driving forces behind today’s online-gambling phenomenon. T. M. Brown, New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2025 How crypto founders can get rich quick Crypto founders are enjoying soaring valuations as the market catches fire by utilizing secondary sales, which allow investors to purchase shares of a company from the founder itself. Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2025 Later, another encounter with James leads both of them to the aforementioned house as the druggie is looking to get rich quick with the $50,000 reward for information leading to the discovery of the kids. Pete Hammond, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025 Pam Bishop persuades siblings Harper and Debra to join the Wheel, a multilevel marketing scheme targeting women looking to get rich quick. Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025 Some healthcare venture darlings are actually get rich quick schemes with unsound fundamental economics. Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024

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“Get rich quick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20rich%20quick. Accessed 24 Jul. 2026.

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