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make one's mark



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Idioms and Phrases

Achieve distinction, as in Terry soon made his mark as an organist . This expression transfers a written or printed symbol to a strong impression. [Mid-1800s] Also see make a name for oneself .
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Example Sentences

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X is also the traditional signature of an illiterate, so it is both precise and general: anyone can use it to make one’s mark.

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"It tends to feed this notion of infamy seeking - and a desire to make one's mark in history," he says.

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But it is sometimes a little difficult to make one’s mark, isn’t it?

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There I shall have a position and an object; and one may be of some use, and make one's mark in a new country.

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He "began to see clearly what life is, and how difficult it is to make one's mark amid all this army of schemers, beggars and imbeciles who besiege every vacant post."

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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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