Verb: make it
- Continue in existence after an adversity
"The small business made it through the recession";
- survive, pull through, pull round [Brit], come through
- Succeed in a big way; get to the top
"I don't know whether I can make it in science!";
- arrive, get in, go far
- Go successfully through a test or a selection process
"She made it through the final round of interviews";
- pass, make the grade [N. Amer]
Derived forms: making it, made it, makes it
Type of: bring home the bacon [informal], come through, come up trumps [Brit, informal], defeat, deliver the goods, get the better of, overcome, succeed, turn up trumps [Brit, informal], win