get rich quick

phrase

: to make a large amount of money quickly

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Their exhortations to get rich quick, drive fast cars and aggressively treat women as property are followed by millions of people online. Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 22 July 2026 Everett, like the Odysseus of the poem, doesn’t want to go home again until he’s loaded with treasure, and yet his quest to get rich quick keeps leading him into even more trouble. Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 21 July 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for get rich quick

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“Get rich quick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20rich%20quick. Accessed 30 Jul. 2026.

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