"make it count" meaning in English

See make it count in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: makes it count [present, singular, third-person], making it count [participle, present], made it count [participle, past], made it count [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> it count}} make it count (third-person singular simple present makes it count, present participle making it count, simple past and past participle made it count)
  1. To make something have as useful and positive an effect as possible. Synonyms: make something count
    Sense id: en-make_it_count-en-verb-CTAds3qT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it"

Inflected forms

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