"make something of oneself" meaning in English

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    },
    {
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made something of oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made something of oneself",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "text": "He moved to the big smoke when he was 17 to make something of himself.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become successful on one's own initiative."
      ],
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        [
          "successful",
          "successful"
        ],
        [
          "initiative",
          "initiative"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To become successful on one's own initiative."
      ],
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "become successful on one's own initiative",
          "word": "tehdä itsestään jotain"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "make something of oneself"
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "making something of oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made something of oneself",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "made something of oneself",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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        {
          "text": "He moved to the big smoke when he was 17 to make something of himself.",
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      ],
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        "To become successful on one's own initiative."
      ],
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        [
          "successful",
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        ],
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          "initiative",
          "initiative"
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        "(idiomatic) To become successful on one's own initiative."
      ],
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "become successful on one's own initiative",
      "word": "tehdä itsestään jotain"
    }
  ],
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