make+successful

  • 1make it — phrasal 1. a. to be successful < trying to make it in the big time as a fashion photographer Joe Kane > b. to be satisfactory or pleasing < if it isn t danceable, it doesn t make it for me Judy Hyman > 2. to have sexual intercourse 3. survive,&#8230; …

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  • 2make time — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To be successful in arriving at a designated place in short or good time. * /We re supposed to be there at 6 P.M., and it s only 5:30 we re making good time./ 2. To be successful in making sexual advances to someone. * /Joe&#8230; …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 3make time — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To be successful in arriving at a designated place in short or good time. * /We re supposed to be there at 6 P.M., and it s only 5:30 we re making good time./ 2. To be successful in making sexual advances to someone. * /Joe&#8230; …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 4make a hit — {v. phr.}, {informal} To be successful; be well liked; get along well. * /Mary s new red dress made a hit at the party./ * /Alice was so happy that her boyfriend made a hit with her parents./ Compare: GO OVER(6) …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 5make a hit — {v. phr.}, {informal} To be successful; be well liked; get along well. * /Mary s new red dress made a hit at the party./ * /Alice was so happy that her boyfriend made a hit with her parents./ Compare: GO OVER(6) …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 6make the grade — phrasal to measure up to some standard ; be successful …

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  • 7(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman — Single&#160;by Aretha Franklin from the album Lady Soul Released 1967 Format 7 single Re …

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  • 8Jack Pierce (make-up artist) — Infobox actor bgcolour = name = Jack Pierce imagesize = (145 × 236 pixel, file size: 21 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) caption = Jack Pierce working on Boris Karloff birth date = May 5, 1889 birth place = Greece death date = July 19, 1968 death place …

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  • 9To make a point — Point Point, n. [F. point, and probably also pointe, L. punctum, puncta, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See {Pungent}, and cf. {Puncto}, {Puncture}.] 1. That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing&#8230; …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 10To make a point of — Point Point, n. [F. point, and probably also pointe, L. punctum, puncta, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See {Pungent}, and cf. {Puncto}, {Puncture}.] 1. That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing&#8230; …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English