MADE IT Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

made it

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past tense of make it

as in flourished

to reach a desired level of accomplishment His parents convinced him that he could make it in anything he chose to do if he worked hard enough.

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Recent Examples of made it The Religious News Service reported earlier this month that there are at least twelve pastors, seminarians, and former clergy who have run for federal office on the Democratic ballot this year, and that seven had made it through their primaries. — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026 Eventually, with the support of producer Lou Adler, the show made it to the screen. — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Fernandez sent a ball-ahead into the attacking third and Ojeda played a first-touch cross to Luighi for the volley that made it 1-1. — CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 However, Gausman only made it through two Sox hitters — striking out Murakami and allowing a single to Miguel Vargas — before the cramp again bothered him to the point of exiting the game following a brief conversation with Counsell and Frangella. — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026 Los Angeles had runners on first and second with two outs in the third when an RBI single by Nolan Schanuel made it 1-0. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026 The mark would say that Claude touched it, not that Claude made it. — Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026 After an extensive, public push, Rubio made it to Hannah’s hospital bedside, where other family was already gathered, including Niedermeier, who had cut his family funeral trip short. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026 Watson made it on the list, too, ranking 31st among the 35 quarterbacks. — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for made it

Phrase

The Fed also appears more likely to raise its benchmark short-term rate than to cut it.

— Stan Choe, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
That’s because the laser can make the exact cut it’s programmed to make, unlike the human hand.

— Phil Galewitz, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of cut it

Phrase

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
Crow-Armstrong got ahead 2-1 in the count against lefty Hagen Smith and lined a slider over the right-field wall for the walk-off home run.

— LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of got ahead

Phrase

In her songs, stage banter and interviews, Parton always presented herself as a humble, yet audacious mountain dreamer made good.

— Jewly Hight, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026
Pozen counts calendar years, which is what the Damodaran file contains, and on that reckoning the losses of 2000–02 were more than made good by the close of 2006.

— Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026