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make it

/ make it /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
go successfully through a test or a selection process
"She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"
Opposites:
fail flunk bomb flush it
Type of:
succeed win come through
Kinds of:
breeze through ace pass with flying colors sweep through sail through
Derived:
passer passing pass qualifying
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 2
succeed in a big way; get to the top
"After he published his book, he had arrived"
"I don''t know whether I can make it in science!"
"You will go far, my boy!"
Type of:
succeed win come through
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 3
continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
"He survived the cancer against all odds"
Opposites:
succumb yield
Type of:
get the better of overcome defeat
Derived:
survivor subsister survival endurance
Entails:
recuperate recover convalesce
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
42%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
31
Times Searched
23
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succeed win come through breeze through ace pass with flying colors sweep through sail through fail flunk bomb flush it