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make it big

make it big verb: to become famous and/or successful.

Verb

make it big (third-person singular simple present makes it big, present participle making it big, simple past and past participle made it big)

  1. (informal) To become famous and/or successful.
    • One day I'll make it big and all my haters'll have to eat their words!
    Synonyms:
    make it
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, it, big.

Synonyms of make it big

Forms of make it big

third-person singular presentmakes it big
present participlemaking it big
past participlemade it big
pastmade it big

Questions about make it big

What does make it big mean?
Make it big means to become famous and/or successful.
What part of speech is make it big?
Make it big is a verb.
What is the past tense of make it big?
The past tense of make it big is made it big.

Words near make it big in the dictionary

  1. make heavy weather of
  2. make history
  3. make interesting
  4. make into
  5. make it
  6. make it big
  7. make it count
  8. make it do or do without
  9. make it interesting
  10. make it make sense
  11. make it one's business

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