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

Alvaro Ortiz made it to the Masters before his brother, Carlos, by winning the Latin American Amateur in 2019. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

No one makes it through the front door without a warm welcome, then to be greeted by walls of yarn and crafting tables filling the floor space. — Joy Benedict, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Of course, inevitably, not everything from the runway will make it into stores. — Joan Kennedy, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026

The actor who was supposed to read the villain couldn’t make it that night, so Richard offered to fill in. — Luke Barnett, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined at sense 2a

Rhymes for make it

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