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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He decided to make it one night "at 4am, which is when all my ideas come".
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
Fewer net store openings make it easier for comparable-store sales to rebound.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
I had no idea how I could possibly help someone in her situation, but I wanted to make it clear that I would if I could.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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