# make happen

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/make-happen
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To realize, to cause or bring about a thing.

## 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.

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