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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“Now how do I actualize it? How do I make it a film? And that’s the exciting and scary part. How do we make magic feel cultural?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
"I am fortunate to have survived a stage four diagnosis when so many of my friends and patients I met along the way didn't make it," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Traversing the same landscape does not make it less beautiful.
From Salon ● 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
He had seen both her and Grandma make it so many times before.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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