make it, v.
freq. cnt. 10
freq. cnt. 10
continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 7
come through make it pull round pull through survive
sample sentences
"He survived the cancer against all odds"verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s something
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Somebody ----sThe business is going to %s
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Somebody ----sThe business is going to %s
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semantic pointers
hypernym
entailment
succeed in a big way; get to the top
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
arrive get in go far make it
sample sentences
"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!"
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
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Somebody ----sSomebody ----s PP
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semantic pointers
hypernym
go successfully through a test or a selection process
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
make it pass
sample sentences
"She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s something