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v. go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"

v. 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!"; "You will go far, my boy!"

survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make it

v. continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"

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drive, take

v. proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work"

pound

v. break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle; "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"

reach, make, get to, progress to

v. reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "We made it!"; "She may not make the grade"

come, come up

v. move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room"

fail, flunk, bomb, flush it

v. fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"

fail, go wrong, miscarry

v. be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

succumb, yield

v. be fatally overwhelmed

die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it

v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"

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