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hack it

VERB
to succeed
Synonyms
WEAK
accomplish avail be successful bring home the bacon carry off come out on top come through cut it cut the mustard deliver the goods get to the top hit the mark make a go of it make it make the cut make the grade prevail pull it off score win

Example Sentences

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A different sort of confusion dogs the millions of people trying to hack it as online content creators.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

We want the raw experiences of forming friendships and falling in love, but we turn to the artificial to hack it.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2025

There are very few people openly defending the behaviour - but online some residents have suggested that if authorities maintained bush at a lower level people wouldn't go rogue and hack it down themselves.

From BBC • May 11, 2024

As a surrogate mom, she’s teaching her adopted baby everything she needs to know to fend for herself — in the hopes she can hack it in the ocean in a few months.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2024

“Better forget it, Morton. You’ll never hack it as a rat.”

From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli