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To enjoy great success or unlimited opportunity.
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A point of sudden success after a long process of experimentation, trial and error.
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. breakthrough
[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.
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To be successful after overcoming a difficulty or bar to success.
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. break through
[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.
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To bring success in doing something; have a desired result.
Compare: [TURN THE TRICK].
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. do the trick
[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].
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To be sure of success; have everything you need.
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. have it made
[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.
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A great success; something that is much praised; something that causes wide enthusiasm.
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Success in one thing makes success in other things easier; people like a successful person. — A proverb.
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. nothing succeeds like success
[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.
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To have a result, especially a good result; result favorably; succeed.
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. pan out
[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.
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To live a full and very active life pursuing wealth and success.
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To turn into a success.
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