make a go of
idiom
: to succeed in doing (something)
He tried starting his own business, but he wasn't able to make a go of it.
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Terror also drove her into improv and then into trying to make a go of it as a New York actor.
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Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
This is the second time a bike rental company has tried to make a go of it in Encinitas.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2024
So is there a chance these two could make a go of it as a couple?
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 26 Sep. 2024
The formation is the Vaca Muerta shale in west-central Argentina, which remains to be fully developed despite efforts by some of the world’s largest oil companies – including Chevron, Shell, BP, and ConocoPhillips – to make a go of it there.
—David Blackmon, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
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Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
This is the second time a bike rental company has tried to make a go of it in Encinitas.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2024
So is there a chance these two could make a go of it as a couple?
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 26 Sep. 2024
The formation is the Vaca Muerta shale in west-central Argentina, which remains to be fully developed despite efforts by some of the world’s largest oil companies – including Chevron, Shell, BP, and ConocoPhillips – to make a go of it there.
—David Blackmon, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Make a go of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20a%20go%20of. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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