Definition of touchdown

touchdown    

noun

• a success.

                                                                                                                                                                                  
  
  Citation from "'Rahmbonics' making a comeback", Politico, Carol E. Lee, October 11 2008 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: successful.

  Last edited on Apr 14 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 14 2010.

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Other terms relating to 'successful':
reach critical mass	Definitions include: to reach the point at which an idea or product becomes successful.
score a touchdown	Definitions include: see touchdown.
ball	Definitions include: to be successful.
home run	Definitions include: In the "sexual contact as baseball achievement" metaphor, means sexual intercourse.
big leagues, the	Definitions include: a baseball reference, meaning "that area of (some context-dependent thing) that only successful people can reach."
go the distance	Definitions include: to be successful.
kill	Definitions include: high-grade marijuana.
bigs, the	Definitions include: shortened form of "the big leagues".
in like Huck Finn	Definitions include: in a position where some goal is easily attainable.
get off the ground	Definitions include: to succeed initially.
boom	Definitions include: to sell.
take off	Definitions include: to leave.
in like Flynn	Definitions include: in a position where some goal is easily attainable.
smash	Definitions include: a successful thing, especially a movie.

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Other terms relating to 'touchdown':
hit a touchdown	Definitions include: see touchdown.
score a touchdown	Definitions include: see touchdown.

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