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make it

DEFINITIONS OF: make it

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v succeed in a big way; get to the top

“I don't know whether I can make it in science!”
Synonyms:
arrive, get in, go far
Type of:
bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win
attain success or reach a desired goal

v go successfully through a test or a selection process

Synonyms:
pass
Antonyms:
bomb, fail, flunk, flush it
fail to get a passing grade
fail
fall short in what is expected
fail
judge unacceptable
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Types:
ace, breeze through, nail, pass with flying colors, sail through, sweep through
succeed at easily
Type of:
bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win
attain success or reach a desired goal

v continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)

Synonyms:
come through, pull round, pull through, survive
Antonyms:
succumb, yield
be fatally overwhelmed
Type of:
defeat, get the better of, overcome
win a victory over
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