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make it en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. To succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, going somewhere, attending an event, arriving in time for something, adding to one's schedule or itinerary, or in getting where one wants to be in one's life or career, which sometimes means becoming or wanting to become successful (succeed in a big way) or famous.
   • He was fated to be, as he puts it, “a metal kid who never made it.” 2023 October 19, Brendan I. Koerner, “Watch This Guy Work, and You’ll Finally Understand the TikTok Era”, in WIRED, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 Oct 2023:
   • We're not gonna make it / ’Cause there’s a million better bands 1995, “We Are Not Going To Make It”, performed by The Presidents of the United States of America:
   • I can't make it to the concert; I have to work.
   • He never made it to Italy despite talking about it all his life.
   • I was scrambling to my feet when I saw the car sliding back toward me, having not quite made it to the crest of the hill. 2003, Frank P. Baron, What Fish Don't Want You to Know:
   • As long as we have each other, it doesn't make a difference if we make it or not.
   • I'm not just going to make it; I'm going to make it big.
2. To succeed in surviving, in living through something.
   • Don’t die, pal. You’re gonna make it little buddy. Come on, man. We’re gonna help you, and you’re gonna make it. 1980, Will D. Campbell, Brother to a Dragonfly:
   • Arjaan didn't make it. He went down covering our saboteur-took out nearly a dozen kett before he fell. 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: For the Commander:
3. To have sexual intercourse.
   • Iris Steensma (Jodie Foster): “Listen, we better make it or Sport’ll get mad. So how do you wanna make it?” Travis Bickle (Robert DeNiro): “I don’t wanna make it. Who’s Sport?” Iris Steensma: “Oh, that’s Matthew. I call him Sport. Wanna make it like this? (starts to unbuckle belt)[…] “Don't you want to make it?” Travis Bickle: “No I don’t wanna make it. I wanna help you” […] Iris Steensma: “Listen, we don’t have to make it mister.” 1976, Paul Schrader, 01:21:04 from the start, in Martin Scorsese, director, Taxi Driver (film):
   • […]a fellow who knew how to make every girl happy, but once he’d made it with her didn’t know where to go from there. 1993, The Four Sonyas, translation of original by Vladimír Páral:
4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, it.
   • The blisters on my foot made it a problem to walk without a cane.

Forms

Synonyms

copulate · get one's dick wet · get one's freak on · get some · get busy · penetrate · graft the forked tree · approach · mate · bone · get freaky · boff · make the beast with two backs · lay the pipe · company · make it · breed · get one's leg over · sleep together · hook up · pipe · shag · knock boots · hide the wienie · exchange flesh · discuss Uganda · know · do it · play hide the sausage · get the dirty water off one's chest · ming · shelve · bang · tumble · meddle · get one's groove on · bauf · bop · dance · jig-jig · frak · play · pipe down · bonk · screw · bump uglies · ride · strain · root · beat · get laid · make out · intercourse · bump nasties · get physical · hide the sausage · bounce · frick · engender · lay pipe · get one's end away · rock and roll · hump · share a bed · have intimate relations · have sexual relations · eff · do the nasty · clap cheeks · sex · boink · expletive deleted · catch a dick · go all the way · shaboink · make whoopee · get it on · engage in sex · have sex · get jiggy · crack · couple · do it · get one's oats · fuck · have marital relations · dip one's pen in someone's inkwell · see someone's etchings · know someone in the biblical sense · have it away · show someone one's etchings · hike the Appalachian Trail · Netflix and chill · get it · stick · cohabit · roger · hide the salami · do the deed · get it · get lucky · roll around · frig · have it off · pound · haul one's ashes · slap bellies · get down · common · make love · frack · rail

Translations (64)

ba иҫән ҡалыу (to survive, to live through something) · sh uspjeti (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · hu sokra viszi (to become famous and successful) · ba өлгәшеү (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · hu sikerül (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · uk усти́гнути (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · hu elér (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · sv hinna (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · it farsela (to have sexual intercourse) · cmn 來得及 /来得及 (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · hu megúszik (to survive, to live through something) · izh ennettää (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · uk поспі́ти (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · hu életben marad (to survive, to live through something) · izh ehtiä (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · it sfondare (to become famous and successful) · pl zdążać (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · uk усти́гти (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · hu eljut (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · fr arriver à temps (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · fi ehtiä (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · be паспява́ць (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · sh uspijevati (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · ja 間に合う (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · hu túlél (to survive, to live through something) · fi selviytyä (to survive, to live through something) · de es schaffen (to survive, to live through something) · it spuntarla (to become famous and successful) · de es schaffen (to become famous and successful) · ru успева́ть (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · ba һау ҡалыу (to survive, to live through something) · de es schaffen (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · izh ehittää (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · de groß rauskommen (to become famous and successful) · es lograrlo (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · cmn 上岸 (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · sv slå igenom (to become famous and successful) · ka ასწრებს (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · be паспе́ць (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · hu bejut (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · fr réussir (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · fi menestyä (to become famous and successful) · ru успе́ть (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · ru выжива́ть (to survive, to live through something) · sv hinna fram i tid (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · pl zdążyć (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · es llegar a tiempo (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · it arrivare (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · it farcela (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · it affermarsi (to become famous and successful) · sv klara det (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · ru вы́жить (to survive, to live through something) · it farcela (to become famous and successful) · uk поспіва́ти (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · it sopravvivere (to survive, to live through something) · ka მოასწრებს (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · fi selvitä (to survive, to live through something) · sv klara sig (to survive, to live through something) · it raggiungere (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · nl het halen (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · hu megmarad (to survive, to live through something) · izh keritä (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · fi päästä (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time) · uk устига́ти (to succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, or getting there on time)