CAME INTO ONE'S OWN Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

came into one's own

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past tense of come into one's own

as in succeeded

to reach a desired level of accomplishment That intern has really come into her own over the past year.

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Stuhlbarg noted a lot of trial and error before arriving at the version of the movie that made it to the screen.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026
The team's statement never made it into Prime's postgame discussion.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of made it

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Henriquez replaced Sasaki and got ahead of Drake Baldwin, 1-and-2.

— Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 27 Aug. 2026
The Seattle right-hander got ahead in the count 1-2, but Happ kept his hands tucked on a down-and-in splitter to blast it off the right-field foul pole for his 22nd home run of the season.

— CBS News, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of got ahead

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Other names that made the grade in 2027 include Alphabet, Apple , Coca-Cola, Dynatrace , Eli Lilly , Equinix and Williams Companies .

— Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
Another Spanish-language filmmaker, Chile’s Pablo Larraín, has arguably already made the grade.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of made the grade

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Tushnet says courts may be more accommodating toward someone who has made good-faith efforts to prevent confusion than someone who kept investing in a name despite knowing there was a problem.

— Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026
The developer threatened legal action and made good on that threat once the moratorium took effect.

— Conor Wight, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026

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