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made it one's life

made it one's life is the simple past and past participle of make it one's life.

Meaning of make it one's life

Verb

make it one's life (third-person singular simple present makes it one's life, present participle making it one's life, simple past and past participle made it one's life)

  1. To dedicate effort to a task, often at great cost.
    • If I catch you smoking on the job again, I will make it my life to get you fired.

Questions about made it one's life

What is made it one's life the simple past and past participle of?
Made it one's life is the simple past and past participle of make it one's life.

Words near made it one's life in the dictionary

  1. made it
  2. made it big
  3. made it count
  4. made it interesting
  5. made it one's business
  6. made it one's life
  7. made it rain
  8. made it snappy
  9. made it so
  10. made it so that
  11. made it up as one has gone along

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