make it meaning and definition

MAKE IT verb

Definition of make it (verb)

1. continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
   • "He survived the cancer against all odds"
   • synonyms: come through, pull round, pull through, survive
   • antonym: succumb
2. succeed in a big way; get to the top
   • "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!"
   • synonyms: arrive, get in, go far
3. go successfully through a test or a selection process
   • "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"
   • synonyms: pass
   • antonym: bomb