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English verb: make it | |||
| 1. | make it (stative) continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.) | ||
| Samples | He survived the cancer against all odds. | ||
| Examples | The business is going to make it | ||
| Synonyms | come through, pull round, pull through, survive | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | defeat, get the better of, overcome | ||
| Entail | convalesce, recover, recuperate | ||
| Antonyms | succumb, yield | ||
| 2. | make it (social) succeed in a big way; get to the top | ||
| Samples | 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!. | ||
| Synonyms | arrive, get in, go far | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win | ||
| 3. | make it (social) go successfully through a test or a selection process | ||
| Samples | She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now. | ||
| Synonyms | pass | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ace, breeze through, nail, pass with flying colors, sail through, sweep through | ||
| Antonyms | flunk, flush it, bomb, fail | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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