"make it big" meaning in All languages combined

See make it big on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: makes it big [present, singular, third-person], making it big [participle, present], made it big [participle, past], made it big [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,made>}} make it big (third-person singular simple present makes it big, present participle making it big, simple past and past participle made it big)
  1. (informal) To become famous and/or successful. Tags: informal Synonyms: make it
    Sense id: en-make_it_big-en-verb-p~Mdz-Qz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 20
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, it, big.
    Sense id: en-make_it_big-en-verb-x5mdof8O Categories (other): English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 50 50

Inflected forms

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