succeeds
Synonyms
Examples
That a marriage ends is less than ideal; but all things end under heaven, and if temporality is held to be invalidating, then nothing real succeeds.
The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.
The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby.
Reason succeeds where force fails.
He who succeeds is reputed wise.
The matchmaker gets three cups of wine when he succeeds and three slaps on the cheek when he fails.