MADE ONE'S MARK Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

made one's mark

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past tense of make one's mark

as in succeeded

to reach a desired level of accomplishment They made their mark on the scientific world with a groundbreaking discovery.

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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

Definition of made it

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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

Definition of made good

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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

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My interest came from learning folk songs, memorable stories passed down over the generations in an oral sense before the American music business cut it up and started handing out ownership of copyrights and publishing.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
Cleveland cut it to 3-1 in the fifth when Rocchio doubled, went to third on Kwan’s groundout and scored on Bazzana’s sacrifice fly.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

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