make it

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verb

1. continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.) (Freq. 7)
- He survived the cancer against all odds
• Syn:
survive, pull through, pull round, come through
• Ant:
succumb (for: survive)
• Derivationally related forms:
survivor (for: survive), survival (for: survive)
• Hypernyms:
get the better of, overcome, defeat
• Entailment:
recuperate, recover, convalesce
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something (for: survive)
- The business is going to make it
2. succeed in a big way;
get to the top (Freq. 3)
- 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!
• Syn:
arrive, get in, go far
• Hypernyms:
succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
3. go successfully through a test or a selection process
- She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now
• Syn:
pass
• Ant:
fail (for: pass)
• Derivationally related forms:
passer (for: pass), passing (for: pass)
• Hypernyms:
succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
• Hyponyms:
breeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, sail through, nail
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something (for: pass)