Definition: go successfully through a test or a selection process
Usage: She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now
Similar words: win, succeed, bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods
Definition: attain success or reach a desired goal
Usage: The enterprise succeeded; We succeeded in getting tickets to the show; she struggled to overcome her handicap and won
Synonyms: get in, go far, arrive, make it
Definition: succeed in a big way; get to the top
Usage: 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!
Similar words: win, succeed, bring home the bacon, come through, deliver the goods
Definition: attain success or reach a desired goal
Usage: The enterprise succeeded; We succeeded in getting tickets to the show; she struggled to overcome her handicap and won
Synonyms: make it, pull round, pull through, survive, come through
Definition: continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
Usage: He survived the cancer against all odds
Similar words: overcome, defeat, get the better of
Definition: win a victory over
Usage: You must overcome all difficulties; defeat your enemies; He overcame his shyness; He overcame his infirmity; Her anger got the better of her and she blew up