make it
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Also, make it to . Reach a certain point or goal, as in Do you think she'll make it to graduation? or We finally made it to Chicago . [c. 1900]
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Succeed; also, win acceptance. For example, When he won the prize he realized he'd finally made it , or Jane longed to make it with the crowd from Society Hill . [ Colloquial ; mid-1900s]
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Also, make it with . Have sexual intercourse, as in Tom bragged that he'd made it with Sue last night . [ Colloquial ; mid-1900s]
Example Sentences
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Traversing the same landscape does not make it less beautiful.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
The weather in some areas may make it harder to see the moon.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Furthermore, many browsers make it easy to store and deploy payment credentials, eating into what had traditionally been a main selling point of PayPal’s service.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
They say dating apps that spit out an unlimited menu of potential partners make it too easy to miss obvious red flags.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
That if anyone could have survived what happened on the boat it would have been Barry Wyndham: desperately in love, with every reason to make it home.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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