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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Marouane Chamakh put Arsenal in front for the first time on the night with a goal in the first period of extra-time, only for Reading striker Pavel Pogrebnyak to make it 5-5.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
“It’s important we make it a formal entry. If a diagnosis doesn’t exist, people can’t get treated for it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
“They’ll show you one price, and some providers make it kind of confusing to tell what you’re actually going to be paying a year from then,” Supan said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
But if Stoll formulated an originalist argument for his position, it doesn’t make it into Mr. Canellos’s book.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
“They make it difficult. But I’m sure he’ll be fine.”
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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