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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.);
- Example: "He survived the cancer against all odds"
[syn: survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make it]

2. succeed in a big way; get to the top;
- Example: "After he published his book, he had arrived"
- Example: "I don't know whether I can make it in science!"
- Example: "You will go far, my boy!"
[syn: arrive, make it, get in, go far]

3. go successfully through a test or a selection process;
- Example: "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"
[syn: pass, make it]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

make it
    v 1: continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He
         survived the cancer against all odds" [syn: survive,
         pull through, pull round, come through, make it]
         [ant: succumb, yield]
    2: 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!" [syn: arrive, make
       it, get in, go far]
    3: go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She
       passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"
       [syn: pass, make it] [ant: bomb, fail, flunk,
       flush it]