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

Lopez and Hernandez hit back-to-back homers off Mason Barnett in the sixth to make it 8-0. — Miami Herald, 6 July 2026

The history in Kaskaskia is as rich as the soil that attracted settlers in the first place and made it, for a time, Illinois’ most important place. — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

Ildemaro Vargas followed with a double off Koenig to score pinch runner Jorge Barrosa to make it 4-2. — ABC News, 5 July 2026

Others stall out for one reason or another and never make it. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 5 July 2026

Rhymes for make it

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