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make a noise in the world

idiom
Meaning

To attract great notoriety.


Examples
SIMPLE

She wants to make a noise in the world as a famous singer.

CONTEXTUAL

After winning the national competition, the young athlete was ready to make a noise in the world.

COMPLEX

The ambitious young writer moved to the capital, determined to make a noise in the world with her controversial new novel.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all over the world

    throughout the world, everywhere, worldwide, globally.

  2. 02

    box of toys

    [Cockney slang]noise

  3. 03

    cannot make it

    Cannot reach satisfactory or expected standards or do something competently; describes someone in a hopeless situation.

  4. 04

    come into the world

    To be born.

  5. 05

    coming into the world

    The act of being born; a birth.

  6. 06

    dead to the world

    Sound asleep.

  7. 07

    doctors make the worst patients

    It is difficult to advise people on subjects that they are experts on.

  8. 08

    edge of the world

    A very remote place.

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