make it
verb
1 make it
Continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.).
synonyms: come through, pull round, pull through, survive.
Roget 723:
pacify,
tranquilize,
compose;
allay
etc.
(moderate)
174;
reconcile,
propitiate,
placate,
conciliate,
meet halfway,
hold out the olive branch,
heal the breach,
make peace,
restore harmony,
bring to terms.
settle matters,
arrange matters,
accommodate matters,
accommodate differences;
set straight;
make up a quarrel,
tantas componere lites [Lat.];
come to an understanding,
come to terms;
bridge over,
hush up;
make it,
make matters up;
shake hands;
mend one's fences [U.S.].
raise a siege,
lift a siege;
put up the sword,
sheathe the sword;
bury the hatchet,
lay down one's arms,
turn swords into plowshares;
smoke the calumet of peace,
close the temple of Janus;
keep the peace
etc.
(concord)
714;
be pacified
&c.;
come round.
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Dutch: overleven
2 make it
Succeed in a big way; get to the top:
— I don't know whether I can make it in science!.
synonyms: arrive, get in, go far.
3 make it
Go successfully through a test or a selection process.
synonym: pass.
Dutch: slagen
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