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RELATED WORDS : make make a deal make a face make a federal case make a killing make a motion make a point make a point of make a show of make a stink make advances make allowance for make amends make an example of make an impression make and break make as if make believe make bold make clean make clear make do make ends meet make for make full make fun make fun of make good make grow make happy make haste make hay make headway make known make light of make love make merry make money make no bones about make noise make nothing of make off make out make over make pass make peace make plain make possible make pure make relaxed make sense make sure make the grade make the most of make the scene make unnecessary make up make up one's mind make up to make vibrant sounds make water make way make whoopie

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb make it has 3 senses

• make it(v = verb.stative) come through, pull round, pull through, survive - continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"
is one way to defeat, get the better of, overcome
Sample sentence:
The business is going to make it

• make it(v = verb.social) arrive, get in, go far - succeed in a big way; get to the top; "After he published his book, he had arrived"; "I don't know whether I can make it in science!"; "You will go far, my boy!"
is one way to bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win
Sample sentences:
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• make it(v = verb.social) pass - go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"
is one way to bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

THESAURUS

make it

accomplish, achieve, achieve success, advance, approach, arrive, arrive at, arrive in, attain, attain to, be a success, be able, be received, be up to, blow in, bob up, break through, can, can do, check in, clear, clear the hurdle, clock in, come, come along, come in, come on, come through, come to, come to hand, contrive, cut a swath, cut it, cut the mustard, engineer, fetch, fetch up at, find, gain, get ahead, get along, get by, get in, get on, get there, get to, go far, go on, go places, hack it, have it made, hit, hit town, make, make a breakthrough, make a success, make good, make headway, make out, make the grade, make the scene, manage, manage somehow, may, muddle through, negotiate, pop up, possess authority, progress, pull in, punch in, put over, put through, reach, ring in, rise, roll in, scrape along, show up, sign in, succeed in, swing, swing the deal, take charge, time in, turn up, worry along

ROGET THESAURUS

make it

Pacification

VB pacify, tranquilize, compose, allay, reconcile, propitiate, placate, conciliate, meet halfway, hold out the olive branch, heal the breach, make peace, restore harmony, bring to terms, settle matters, arrange matters, accommodate matters, accommodate differences, set straight, make up a quarrel, tantas componere lites, come to an understanding, come to terms, bridge over, hush up, make it, make matters up, shake hands, mend one's fences, raise a siege, lift a siege, put up the sword, sheathe the sword, bury the hatchet, lay down one's arms, turn swords into plowshares, smoke the calumet of peace, close the temple of Janus, keep the peace, be pacified, come round.

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