MADE IT Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

made it

phrase

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 In Job, a breakout Off–Off Broadway work that made it to Broadway, a tech employee confronted her therapist with a gun and demanded to be reinstated at her job, and then the twists ensued from there. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026 None of the resolutions have made it to the president's desk, where Trump would almost certainly veto the measure. — Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026 Known as Project Habakkuk, the plan barely made it past the chin-scratching phase. — Mike McRae 16, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026 In a tight 90-minute running (literally) time, Cregger has taken a piece of iconic IP and somehow made it as wildly original and welcome as Barbarian and Weapons. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026 None of the resolutions have made it to the president’s desk, where Trump would almost certainly veto the measure. — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026 Quinn Priester, a standout performer last year, never made it out of spring training and underwent season-ending surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome. — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 During the 2025 legislative session, bills were filed that would have set a similar temperature requirement for state prisons, but neither made it out of committee. — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2026 The billboard was the catalyst that pushed her to book her travel shortly afterward, and the group trip finally made it out of the group chat. — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for made it

Phrase

Steinbach initally wrote a commentary script to accompany the images, but cut it after a filmmaker friend said the voiceover pulled them out of the movie.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
Travelers tend to walk everywhere in Europe, so heavy-duty jeans like Wranglers or bulky Levi’s won’t cut it.

— Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of cut it

Phrase

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

Phrase

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

Phrase

The developer threatened legal action and made good on that threat once the moratorium took effect.

— Conor Wight, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
Dart made good decisions, stood in there against the rush, did his best to stay out of harm’s way, even when the Cowboys knocked him around out of bounds.

— Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 14 Sep. 2026