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make happen

VERB
bring about
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accomplish achieve create engender generate produce realize
WEAK
beget bring to pass compass do draw on effect effectuate give rise to manage occasion secure succeed
Antonyms
STRONGEST
destroy fail lose ruin
WEAK
halt kill stop
VERB
realize
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bring about carry out complete do
STRONG
actualize consummate effect effectuate fulfill materialize perfect perform reify
WEAK
bring off bring to fruition carry through corporealize make concrete make good
Antonyms
STRONGEST
halt neglect stop
STRONG
fail
WEAK
ignore lose

Example Sentences

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The blockbuster made Mr. Lucas obscenely rich and that allowed him to build the independent Bay Area studio Mr. Coppola could never quite make happen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

“A culture is not what a politician, or a CEO, or a pop star says it is. It is what we make happen in our homes.”

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2025

Reshoring it would require "many tens of hundreds of billions of dollars in both private and public sector investment to make happen", according to Mr Bartlett.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2025

“That is the one thing I tried to make happen ever since I was 11 years old. I wanted to change tennis.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2023

You always think I can make things happen that I can’t make happen.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

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