COME INTO ONE'S OWN Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

come into one's own

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Definition of come into one's own

as in succeed

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

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An inmate ran out of a preliminary hearing at the Fairfield Courthouse Tuesday afternoon, knocking down a deputy district attorney and making it out of the courtroom before he was quickly apprehended, the Solano County Sheriff's Office said.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
The Current star had a standout performance alongside her sister Tabitha, helping their nation qualify for its first Women’s World Cup by making it to the semifinals of this tournament alongside Cameroon, Morocco and South Africa.

— Emily Olsen, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of make it

Phrase

There are a lot of great things about New York, but getting there and navigating will always be a hassle.

— Josh Yohe, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
The Minnesota State Fair is just a week away, and one of the most stressful parts of the experience is figuring out how to get there.

— Frankie McLister, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of get there

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Gausman opened the following inning by getting ahead of Murakami 0-2 but followed with three straight balls, and the Sox slugger unloaded on a low fastball.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
Our goal became to build a model that could get ahead of that lag, digitizing doctors’ clinical judgment and predicting a patient’s trajectory before the APACHE score was calculable.

— Frank Naeymi-Rad, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of get ahead

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