make it

phrase

1

: survive, live

half the cubs won't make it through their first year

2

a

: to be successful

… trying to make it in the big time as a fashion photographer.

—Joe Kane

b

: to be satisfactory or pleasing

… if it isn't danceable, it doesn't make it for me.

—Judy Hyman

3

: to have sexual intercourse

Examples of make it in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And maybe England’s national team did save all of its fans who made it to the match. — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 19 July 2026

From lightweight layers that form the base of a capsule wardrobe to tech favorites and the books that are making it off the shelf, these are the travel essentials Vogue editors swear by. — Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 19 July 2026

Most spaghetti eaters are not routinely making it from scratch -- not even the contemporary Italian, who is as busy with the demands of modern life as their foreign counterpart, and not even the grandmas. — Natalie B. Compton The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 July 2026

Erdman said another round of smoke could nosedive southward through the Midwest beginning Tuesday and could make it into parts of the South by mid- to late next week. — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 18 July 2026

Rhymes for make it

• candlelit
• counterfeit
• hypocrite
• resubmit
• retrofit
• acquit
• admit
• armpit
• backlit
• befit
• cockpit
• commit