makes itphrasepresent tense third-person singular of make it
to reach a desired level of accomplishmentHis parents convinced him that he could make it in anything he chose to do if he worked hard enough.
arrives, flourishes, prospers, succeeds, thrives
prevails, triumphs, winsexcels
comes into one's own, cuts it, cuts the mustard, gets ahead, gets somewhere, gets there, hacks it, hits it big, makes good, makes one's mark, makes the grade