Reverse Dictionary: ACHIEVE

ADJECTIVES
► AWAY LAUGHING achieving with ease; in a good position, esp. when embarking on a new venture → 1965 NZ sl. 
► PERFICIENT accomplishing or achieving something; effective → 1659
► SACKED achieved, as good as secured → 1940 US sl. 

INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► LIKE A BIG DOG having qualities to do with achievement, success, intensity ​→ 1980 US students’ sl. 
► LIKE A MOOSE having qualities to do with achievement, success, intensity → 1980 US students’ sl. 
► TIMBER! an exclamation of achievement, triumph, etc. → 1912 US sl.
► YOU CAN’T STOP HIM, YOU CAN ONLY HOPE TO CONTAIN HIM used as a humorous comment on a high achiever → 1997 US

NOUNS
► ACHEVISAUNCE achieving, accomplishment → 1430 obs. 
► ACHIEVANCE achievement, performance → 1531 obs. 
► BABY 1890 a person’s achievement or invention → 1890 
► CREDIT an achievement or accomplishment → 1992 US sl. 
► CROWNING GLORY the greatest achievement; the best or most notable feature of something → 1780 
► DAGS an achievement; a feat; a performance → 1850 colloq. 
► DIRD a mighty achievement, a great deed → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► DIRDUM a mighty achievement, a great deed → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► LAYOUT an achievement, an activity → M19 sl. 
► MASTERPIECE a person’s greatest achievement; an action of masterly ability → 1605 
► PINNACLE the highest point or summit of achievement, success, etc. → 1450
► TOUR DE FORCE an achievement showing great skill or strength → 1802
► WALK-UP START something easily taken or achieved → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)

PHRASES
► NO CROSS, NO CROWN high achievement is not possible without suffering → 1621 

VERBS
► BAG to achieve, to gain, to secure, or win for oneself, esp. after repeated attempts → 1911 Amer. sl. 
► BANT to achieve, to conquer, to manage → 1875 Eng. dial. 
►CATCH TWO PIGEONS WITH ONE BEAN to kill to two birds with one stone; to achieve two aims at once → 1557 colloq.
► COMPASS to achieve or attain; to accomplish → 1549
► DO IT STANDING ON YOUR HEAD to achieve with ease → 1896 UK sl. 
► DO ON ONE’S NAPPER to achieve with ease → 1896 UK sl. 
► DO ON ONE’S NOB to achieve with ease → 1896 UK sl. 
► DO ON YOUR HEAD to achieve with ease → 1896 UK sl. 
► FINAGLE to achieve or get by trickery, craftiness, or persuasion; to wangle → 1926 colloq., orig. US 
► GET BLOOD FROM A TURNIP to achieve something almost impossible → 1898 N. Ireland (Bk.)
► HACK IT to achieve, to accomplish something, to succeed in a task → 1952 Amer. sl. 
► HACK THE JIMSON to achieve, to accomplish something, to succeed in a task → 1952 Amer. sl. 
► HACK UP to achieve, to accomplish something, to succeed in a task → 1952 Amer. sl. 
► HAVE SHOT ONE’S BOLT to have already achieved all that you have the power, ability, or strength to do and be unable to do more → 1100 
► MAKE A STRIKE to achieve, to succeed or be lucky → 1904 colloq. (Bk.)
► NOTCH UP to achieve; to achieve a given standard  → 1837 UK sl. 
► PULL to achieve, to pull off → 1920 Army sl. 
► RACK BACK to achieve; to accumulate things; to score points → 1961 US sl. 
► RACK UP to achieve; to accumulate things; to score points → 1961 US sl. 
► STOP TWO GAPS WITH ONE BUSH to achieve or accomplish or achieve two ends at once → 1546 obs. 
► WALTZ to achieve something easily, esp. in sporting use → 1960 sl. 
► WHITE TWO WALLS WITH ONE BRUSH to achieve two aims at once → 1596 obs. 
► WORK THE ORACLE to achieve a desired end, often secretly and with cunning → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► WORK THINGS to achieve something, not necessarily though usually dishonest, or, at best, dubious ​→ L19 colloq.