hacks itphrasepresent tense third-person singular of hack it
to reach a desired level of accomplishmenta skilled home cook who nonetheless couldn't hack it as a restaurant chef
arrives, flourishes, prospers, succeeds, thrives
prevails, triumphs, winsexcels
comes into one's own, cuts it, cuts the mustard, gets ahead, gets somewhere, gets there, hits it big, makes good, makes it, makes one's mark, makes the grade