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verb (v)

• continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)(verb.stative)

  Synonym:
  come through, pull round, pull through, survive
  Antonym:
  succumb, yield
  

  source: wordnet30
• succeed in a big way; get to the top(verb.social)

  Example:
  I don't know whether I can make it in science!.
  

  Synonym:
  arrive, get in, go far
  

  source: wordnet30
• go successfully through a test or a selection process(verb.social)

  Synonym:
  pass
  Antonym:
  bomb, fail, flunk, flush it
  

  source: wordnet30