score a success
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At only one point did the Spanish troops score a success.
From Time Magazine Archive
This book, with its wealth of metaphor, opened the door for Meredith, but he did not score a success until he wrote The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, two years later.
From Modern English Books of Power by Fitch, George Hamlin
On every point at which she tried to score a success over France, Germany was defeated by the votes of the other powers, even her own ally, Italy, deserting her.
From The Expansion of Europe The Culmination of Modern History by Muir, Ramsay
No, my friends, if I am bound by marriage ties, I authorize you both to hunt on my ground, and it will give me pleasure if you score a success.
From The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II by Lermina, Jules
It seems to me," said the tenor, "that if you could write an opera round an interesting love story, you would score a success.
From Paul Kelver, a Novel by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
