Idiom
make history
Meaning
To do something that will be widely remembered for a long time.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The team hopes to make history by winning this game.”
“The young athlete knew that winning the gold medal would make history for her small country.”
“By successfully completing the first solo flight across the ocean, the pilot made history and changed aviation forever.”
Examples
simple
“The team hopes to make history by winning this game.”
contextual
“The young athlete knew that winning the gold medal would make history for her small country.”
complex
“By successfully completing the first solo flight across the ocean, the pilot made history and changed aviation forever.”
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