From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishshoot to fame/stardom/prominenceshoot to fame/stardom/prominenceSUCCESSFULto suddenly become very famous Brian, an air steward, shot to fame on the television show ‘Big Brother’. → shoot
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shoot to fame/stardom/prominence• In 1929 she shot to stardom on Broadway in a Noel Coward play. 