phrasal verb · neutral
make it
/meɪk ɪt/MAKE IT
speakingtask2
to succeed in achieving what one wants, especially after effort
Examples
“She worked two jobs but eventually made it into medical school.”
“Many dream of making it as professional athletes.”
“He didn’t make it to the meeting because of traffic.”
Band 8 sentence
“Despite numerous setbacks, she made it into a top medical school through persistence and excellent grades.”
Collocations
- make it to university
- make it as a
Word family
make it phrasal verbmade it phrasal verb (past)making it phrasal verb (gerund)
Common mistakes
make→make it
make to university→make it to university
Say it for a higher band
5pass→6succeed→7+make it
Synonyms
succeed
Easily confused
succeed
“After years of training, he finally succeeded.”
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