"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 entries with language name categories using raw markup, English light verb constructions, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 82 18 Disambiguation of English light verb constructions: 81 19 Disambiguation of English predicates: 56 44 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 85 15 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 93 7
  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

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