bring home the bacon

Synonyms:

provide

Type of:

support

support materially or financially

Synonyms:

come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win

Antonyms:

fail, go wrong, miscarry

be unsuccessful

Types:

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hit

hit the intended target or goal

bring off, carry off, manage, negociate, pull off

be successful; achieve a goal

clear, pass

go unchallenged; be approved

hit the jackpot, luck out

succeed by luck

nail, nail down, peg

succeed in obtaining a position

make it, pass

go successfully through a test or a selection process

run

make without a miss

act, work

have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected

pan out

be a success

accomplish, achieve, attain, reach

to gain with effort

arrive, get in, go far, make it

succeed in a big way; get to the top

score

get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance

get to, make, progress to, reach

reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"

clear

pass an inspection or receive authorization

ace, breeze through, nail, pass with flying colors, sail through, sweep through

succeed at easily

begin

achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative

come to, strike

attain

culminate

reach the highest or most decisive point

compass

bring about; accomplish

average

achieve or reach on average

finagle, manage, wangle

achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods