succeed :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

come through

v. attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"

follow, come after

v. be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?"

lift, rise, go up, come up, ascend, move up

v. move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"

hit, make, reach, gain, get to, arrive at, attain, get through to

v. reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"

flourish, prosper, thrive, fly high

v. gain in wealth

result, ensue

v. issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end; "result in tragedy"

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, miscarry, go wrong

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

fail, bomb, flunk, flush it

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

flop, founder, fall through, fall flat

v. fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered"

better, amend, improve, ameliorate, meliorate, make better

v. to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

please

v. be the will of or have the will (to); "he could do many things if he pleased"

precede, precede in office, come before

v. be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"

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