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have a field day

Categories: success verb
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[have a field day]  {v. phr.}
To enjoy great success or unlimited opportunity.
The visiting basketball team was so weak that our school had a field day scoring one point after another.
Categories: success verb
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breakthrough

Categories: noun success
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[breakthrough]  {n.}
A point of sudden success after a long process of experimentation, trial and error.
The U.S. Space Program experienced a major breakthrough when Armstrong and Aldrin landed on the moon in June of 1969.
Categories: noun success
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break through

Categories: success time verb
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[break through]  {v.}
To be successful after overcoming a difficulty or bar to success.
Dr. Salk failed many times but he finally broke through to find a successful polio vaccine.
Jim studied very hard this semester in college, and he finally broke through onto the Dean's List for the first time.
Categories: success time verb
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do the trick

Categories: informal success verb
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[do the trick]  {v. phr.},  {informal}
To bring success in doing something; have a desired result.
Jim was not passing in English, but he studied harder and that did the trick.
The car wheels slipped on the ice, so Tom put sand under them, which did the trick.
Compare: [TURN THE TRICK].
Categories: informal success verb
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have it made

Categories: slang success verb
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[have it made]  {v. phr.},  {slang}
To be sure of success; have everything you need.
With her fine grades Alice has it made and can enter any college in the country.
The other seniors think Joe has it made because his father owns a big factory.
Categories: slang success verb
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howling success

Categories: informal noun success
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[howling success]  {n.},  {informal}
A great success; something that is much praised; something that causes wide enthusiasm.
The party was a howling success.
The book was a howling success.
Categories: informal noun success
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nothing succeeds like success

Categories: proverb success
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[nothing succeeds like success]
Success in one thing makes success in other things easier; people like a successful person. — A proverb.
The girls all like Bob because he is football captain. Nothing succeeds like success.
Categories: proverb success
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pan out

Categories: informal success verb
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[pan out]  {v.},  {informal}
To have a result, especially a good result; result favorably; succeed.
Suppose the class tried to make money by selling candy. How would that pan out?
Edison's efforts to invent an electric light bulb did not pan out until he used tungsten wires.
Categories: informal success verb
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live in the fast lane

Categories: informal success verb
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[live in the fast lane]  {v. phr.},  {informal}
To live a full and very active life pursuing wealth and success.
They have been living in the fast lane ever since they arrived in New York City.
Categories: informal success verb
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make a go of

Categories: business success verb
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[make a go of]  {v. phr.}
To turn into a success.
He is both energetic and highly skilled at trading; he is sure to make a go of any business that holds his interest.
Categories: business success verb
A Dictionary of American Idioms