make it with
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"The brave fella thought he's not going to make it with a life jacket on, so he ditched it, and he swam the next two hours without a life jacket."
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026
It wasn’t the intention behind making the music that I love to make with the people I love to make it with.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026
Earlier they had been treated to two exceptional performances by horses that, all being well, will make it with The Jukebox Man to the Cheltenham Festival next March.
From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025
How do you make it with high ideals about literature and love?
From Salon ● May 30, 2025
How could she possibly make it with that belligerent girl along?
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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