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

The picture will brighten considerably if one of those players, Macario, who wore street clothes, can make it back this season and show the form that earned her the largest contract in NWSL history. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2026

Alex Jackson scored from third after reliever Luis Morales balked with the bases loaded, and Jeffers followed with a two-run single that made it 6-0 in the second. — ABC News, 26 July 2026

While Bruce Hurst was shutting down our bats once again into the fourth inning, Ron Darling barely managed to make it that far in permitting a 3–0 Boston lead. — New York Daily News, 26 July 2026

No other second baseman in the Hall even made it to three in a row. — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 26 July 2026

Rhymes for make it

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