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succeed in a big way; get to the top
You will go far, my boy!
I don't know whether I can make it in science!
After he published his book, he had arrived -
go successfully through a test or a selection process
She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now -
continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
He survived the cancer against all odds
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- When Modin scored from the right circle to make it 3-0, it looked bleak for the Devils, who rallied from one-goal deficits twice before winning Game 2 in overtime. USATODAY.com - Tampa Bay creeps closer to New Jersey with 4-3 win
- Outrages like the Thomas case make it a good deal more difficult for enlightened penal reformers like the Professor to get a fair hearing when they advocate bringing back the lash.
- We would have make it earlier, but I procrastinated with completed and sealed ballots sitting on my desk for a couple of days -- no good excuse, but the reminders to spare the GOTC callers (and ourselves) reminder calls goosed me into action. BlueOregon
- I used to massage the skin, too, to make it supple and alive. Times, Sunday Times
- They have kept it alive in the past and continue to make it plausible for millions of people today.
- We'll fry anything - as long as it's fryable and edible, we'll make it deliciousable. Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
- Simply inserting the word "conservation" in the pesticide label and slightly watering down the percentage of the active ingredient, brodifacoum, does not make this rodenticide safe for wildlife, nor will it make it any less persistent. Maggie Sergio: The Proposal to Poison a Wildlife Refuge
- Actually, I was thinking of M&P on top of the CP, as a cover for the paper, but since the water in CP would make it wet to pour on top of the paper, dunno. Microsoft Soap - Set Up
- The only way to make it last is to turn it into cheese, yoghurt or quark.
- One way is to make it easier for a user to default to your engine - by embedding a toolbar on his desktop, say, or putting a search box into his browser window.