| succeed | | |
| v. (social) | 1. bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods, succeed, win | attain success or reach a desired goal.; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won" |
| ~ hit | hit the intended target or goal. |
| ~ bring off, carry off, manage, negociate, pull off | be successful; achieve a goal.; "She succeeded in persuading us all"; "I managed to carry the box upstairs"; "She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it"; "The pianist negociated the difficult runs" |
| ~ clear, pass | go unchallenged; be approved.; "The bill cleared the House" |
| ~ hit the jackpot, luck out | succeed by luck.; "I lucked out and found the last parking spot in the lot" |
| ~ nail down, peg, nail | succeed in obtaining a position.; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard" |
| ~ make it, pass | go successfully through a test or a selection process.; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now" |
| ~ run | make without a miss. |
| ~ work, act | have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected.; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water" |
| ~ pan out | be a success.; "The idea panned out" |
| ~ achieve, attain, accomplish, reach | to gain with effort.; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks" |
| ~ attempt, essay, try, assay, seek | make an effort or attempt.; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world" |
| ~ go far, arrive, get in, make it | succeed in a big way; get to the top.; "After he published his book, he had arrived"; "I don't know whether I can make it in science!"; "You will go far, my boy!" |
| v. (social) | 2. come after, follow, succeed | be the successor (of).; "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?" |
| ~ accede, enter | take on duties or office.; "accede to the throne" |
| ~ supercede, supersede, supervene upon, supplant, replace | take the place or move into the position of.; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school" |
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