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make a go of
Idioms and Phrases
Achieve success in, as in He has made a go of his new business . This expression was first recorded in 1877.Example Sentences
Most had come to the U.S. as immigrants, worked as tenant farmers for the Shafter dairy empire, and eventually managed to buy land and make a go of it, passing their enterprises on to their children.
But Robert, who had tried to make a go of acting himself, supported his son's ambition with one condition.
From there, he moved back to New York to make a go of his passion for getting dressed, first with a job at Kidrobot, then a spot at Parsons School of Design.
"He'd indicated he wasn’t going to make a go of his marriage."
How do you intend to make a go of it?
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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