make it
Verb
Meaning
succeed in a big way; get to the top
continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
go successfully through a test or a selection process
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After he published his book, he had arrived
I don't know whether I can make it in science!
You will go far, my boy!
He survived the cancer against all odds
She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now
Abby suggests cannibalism, then insists that Octavia make it illegal not to eat while also deciding that Kane had to give in first.