"make one's mark" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: makes one's mark [present, singular, third-person], making one's mark [participle, present], made one's mark [participle, past], made one's mark [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> one's mark}} make one's mark (third-person singular simple present makes one's mark, present participle making one's mark, simple past and past participle made one's mark)
  1. (idiomatic) To make, or leave, a lasting impression, especially to achieve prominent success. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: leave one's mark, put one's stamp Translations (Translations): jättää jälkensä (Finnish), wyciskać piętno [imperfective] (Polish), wycisnąć piętno [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-make_one's_mark-en-verb-G8lH3nWq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English light verb constructions, English predicates, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of English light verb constructions: 84 16 Disambiguation of English predicates: 56 44 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 94 6
  2. To sign (a document) by making a cross or other mark.
    Sense id: en-make_one's_mark-en-verb-0DALWWZY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: make a mark Related terms: mark, no-mark, remarkable

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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