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Idiom

make happen

Meaning

To realize, to cause or bring about a thing.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“If you want to succeed, you must make it happen.”

“We have a very tight deadline for this project, but I know our team can make it happen.”

“Despite the lack of resources and the skepticism of his peers, he remained determined to make his ambitious vision happen.”

Examples

simple

“If you want to succeed, you must make it happen.”

contextual

“We have a very tight deadline for this project, but I know our team can make it happen.”

complex

“Despite the lack of resources and the skepticism of his peers, he remained determined to make his ambitious vision happen.”

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