"make a name for oneself" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-make a name for oneself.ogg [Australia] Forms: makes a name for oneself [present, singular, third-person], making a name for oneself [participle, present], made a name for oneself [participle, past], made a name for oneself [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> a name for oneself}} make a name for oneself (third-person singular simple present makes a name for oneself, present participle making a name for oneself, simple past and past participle made a name for oneself)
  1. (idiomatic) to gain fame, to become well-known Tags: idiomatic Translations (to gain fame): 成名 (chéngmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), naam maken (Dutch), päästä maailmankartalle (Finnish), se faire connaître (French), se faire un nom (French), affermarsi (Italian), sfondare (Italian), 一旗揚げる (hito hata ageru) (alt: ひとはたあげる) (Japanese), wyrabiać sobie renomę [imperfective] (Polish), wyrobić sobie renomę [perfective] (Polish), wyrabiać sobie reputację [imperfective] (Polish), wyrobić sobie reputację [perfective] (Polish), завоева́ть популя́рность (zavojevátʹ populjárnostʹ) [perfective] (Russian), просла́виться (proslávitʹsja) [perfective] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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