make it

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make it

She hopes to make it to the final round of the competition.

Definition

Verb Phrase: 1. To succeed, especially after effort or difficulty; to achieve a goal or desired outcome. This meaning emphasizes overcoming challenges or meeting a specific standard to reach success. 2. To arrive at a destination or attend an event, especially when there was doubt or difficulty. This meaning focuses on successfully getting to a place or being present for an occasion. 3. To survive or endure a difficult situation; to pull through. This meaning emphasizes continuing to exist or function after a serious problem or adversity.

Usage Examples
  • To Succeed:
    • After years of hard work, she finally made it as a professional musician.
    • The team worked tirelessly to make it to the championship finals.
  • To Arrive or Attend:
    • The traffic is terrible, but I promise I'll make it to the meeting on time.
    • Despite the storm, all the guests managed to make it to the wedding.
  • To Survive or Endure:
    • The doctors weren't sure if he would make it through the night after the accident.
    • This old car has made it through ten winters without a major problem.
Advanced Usage
  • "Make it big": To achieve great fame or financial success.
    • He moved to Hollywood hoping to make it big in the movies.
  • "Make it up to someone": To compensate someone for a disappointment or wrong you have caused them. (Note: This is a distinct phrasal verb with "make up").
    • I'm sorry I forgot your birthday. Let me make it up to you by taking you to dinner.
Variants and Related Words
  • Make (verb): The base verb with many meanings, including to create, construct, or cause something to happen.
  • Maker (noun): One who makes or creates something.
  • Making (noun): The process of creating or producing something (e.g., "in the making").
Synonyms
  • Succeed: To accomplish a desired aim or result.
  • Arrive: To reach a destination.
  • Survive: To continue to live or exist, especially in spite of danger or hardship.
  • Pull through: To survive a dangerous or difficult situation.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Make do: To manage with the limited or inadequate means available.
    • We forgot the bread, so we'll have to make do with crackers.
  • Make for: To go in the direction of; to help to make something possible.
    • Let's make for the exit. The dark clouds make for a dramatic photograph.
Related Idioms
  • Make or break: Resulting in either total success or total failure.
    • This audition is a make-or-break opportunity for her career.
  • Make the grade: To reach the required standard; to succeed.
    • The new product must make the grade with consumers to stay on the market.
make it

She hopes to make it to the final round of the competition.

Verb
  1. go successfully through a test or a selection process
    • She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now
  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!
  3. continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
    • He survived the cancer against all odds

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