to reach a desired level of accomplishmenta skilled home cook who nonetheless couldn't hack it as a restaurant chef
a skilled home cook who nonetheless couldn't hack it as a restaurant chef
arrived, flourished, prospered, succeeded, thrived(or throve)
prevailed, triumphed, wonexcelled
came into one's own, cut it, cut the mustard, got ahead, got somewhere, got there, hit it big, made good, made it, made one's mark, made the grade
failed
floundered, struggled
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