make it

verbs

continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
"He survived the cancer against all odds"
come through, make it, pull round, pull through, survive
succeed in a big way; get to the top
"After he published his book, he had arrived"; "I don't know whether I can make it in science!"; "You will go far, my boy!"
arrive, get in, go far, make it
go successfully through a test or a selection process
"She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"
make it, pass