make out like a bandit meaning?

Question

What is the meaning of "to make out like a bandit" idiom?

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Idiom Conjugations:

 

Answer 2

Gerund Form of the Idiom:

Making out like a bandit can be very good for your bank account.
 

Answer 3

Idiom Usage:

This idiom can be used when you want to imply a sense of  a large gain of some form.
 

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Idiom Scenario 2:

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It's Ned's poker night.  Ned's friends have gathered at Ned's house to play poker and gamble.  Half way through the night, Ned's wife, Grace, asks Ned how he is doing.  Ned replies...

"I am making out like a bandit."

Ned is winning most of the poker hands and he has won a lot of money.

Answer 5

Idiom Scenario 1:

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Michelle just closed a very large sale.  Because Michelle works on commission, the bigger the sale, the more money she makes.  On this particular sale, Michelle negotiated a commission of ten percent on a ten million dollar sale.  When Michelle was asked how she had done on the big sale, she replied...

"I made out like a bandit!"

Michelle made $1,000,000 on that one sale.

Answer 6

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Idiom Definition:

"to make out like a bandit"

to be extremely successful usually with obtaining money
 

Synonyms:
affluent, advantage, advantageous, fatness, fertile, flourishing, fruitful, gain, going, good, high-income, money-making, pay, paying, profit, profitable, prosperity, prosperous, remunerate, remunerative, rewarding, rich, substantial, sweet, thrive, thriving, value, worth, worthwhile
 
 
This bandit is literally making out like a bandit. - - - - ->