make it

verb

1. 1

   go successfully through a test or a selection process

   She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now

2. 2

   succeed in a big way; get to the top

   After he published his book, he had arrived

   I don't know whether I can make it in science!

3. 3

   continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)

   He survived the cancer against all odds