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Meaning of make it big in English

Make it big.

• succeed If you work hard, you'll succeed.
• thrive University is a place where she will thrive.
• flourish He tried journalism, but flourished as a novelist.
• triumph The Labour Party triumphed in the election.
• bring something off She's one of the few singers who can bring off such a difficult piece of music.
• go down in the annals idiom
• high-profile
• hit the headlines idiom
• household word
• notoriously
• proverbially
• world-renowned

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• Often, an actor has small parts or is in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway shows for years before making it big on Broadway.  

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“make a big”

The following 3 entries include the term make a big .

make a big deal (out) of (something)

: to treat (something) as very important or too important

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make a big difference

: lead to important changes

make a big thing about / out of (something)

: to act as if something is very important or serious when it is not

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