Verb make it has 3 senses
- survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make it - continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"
--1 is one way to get the better of, overcome, defeat
Sample sentence:
The business is going to make it
- arrive, make it, get in, go far - 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!"
--2 is one way to succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
Sample sentences:
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- pass, make it - go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"
--3 is one way to succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
Sample sentence:
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