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gold rush
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gold rush
n.
1. A rush of migrants to an area where gold has been discovered.
2. Headlong pursuit of wealth and success: a gold rush on Wall Street.
gold rush
Noun
a large-scale migration of people to a territory where gold has been found
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.gold rush - a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line"
bunce, godsend, bonanza, manna from heaven, windfall, boom, gravy
happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent - an event that happens
2.gold rush - a large migration of people to a newly discovered gold field
migration - the movement of persons from one country or locality to another


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