make a go of

1. Achieve success in, as in He has made a go of his new business. This expression was first recorded in 1877.

Example Sentences

So Bowser is left to play the hand she has been dealt, and while it may, in the end, turn out to be a losing one for her and the District, she has nevertheless decided to make a go of it.

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Most had come to the U.S. as immigrants, worked as tenant farmers for the Shafter dairy empire, and eventually managed to buy land and make a go of it, passing their enterprises on to their children.

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But Robert, who had tried to make a go of acting himself, supported his son's ambition with one condition.

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From there, he moved back to New York to make a go of his passion for getting dressed, first with a job at Kidrobot, then a spot at Parsons School of Design.

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"He'd indicated he wasn’t going to make a go of his marriage."

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