Reverse Dictionary: SUCCEED

ADJECTIVES
► ON THE MAKE improving one’s status or situation; rising in position or influence; succeeding in one’s business or vocation → 1864 Amer. colloq.
► SUREFIRE certain to succeed or prevail → 1901 US sl.
► SURE SHOT certain to succeed or prevail → 1901 US sl.

NOUNS
​► NATURAL something certain to succeed; a winner; something inevitable → 1920 US sl.
► NUMBER EIGHT the best; the strongest; the most likely to succeed →  1988 NZ sl.
► STYLING doing well, succeeding, academically as well as socially → 1980s US students’ sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ALRIGHTNIK one who has succeeded; one who has raised himself from immigrant poverty to material success, esp. of New York Jews → 1910s US sl.
► BALLER BLOCKER a person who stops one from succeeding → 2000s African-American sl.
► MAN IN THE GAP one who bravely fights for and succeeds in achieving a cause or position → 20C Irish sl.

PHRASES
► A-FLUTIN’ AN’ A-FLYIN’ succeeding remarkably well → 1893 Amer. dial.
► DOG-EAT-DOG a situation in which people are willing to harm each other in order to succeed → 1822

VERBS
► ACE to manage a difficult situation successfully, esp. to score a grade of A on an examination or in a course → 1955 US sl., orig. students’ usage
► ACE IT to succeed at the last minute → 1955 US sl.
► ACE OUT to do well, to succeed, as in an examination → 1950s sl., orig. US students’ usage
► ARRIVE to attain success; to become accepted in a profession or social group → 20C Amer. sl.
► BE AWAY FOR SLATES to have started and be making good progress; to succeed → 1930 Ireland
► BE ON A HIDING TO NOTHING to be unlikely to succeed. or be unlikely to gain much advantage if one does → 1905
► BRING HOME THE BACON to earn wages, esp. as the head of a household; to make a profit; broadly, to succeed in an endeavour → 1909 Amer. sl.
► BRING ONE’S PIGS TO MARKET to try to do business or get results; to succeed in realizing one’s potential → a1643
► CAKEWALK to succeed without problems; to accomplish with supreme ease → 1930s US sl.
► CARRY THE DAY to succeed; to triumph → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► CARRY THE WORLD WELL to prosper, to succeed in life → 1887 Sc.
► CHUCK A SEVEN to succeed → 1924 US sl.
► CHUL to succeed → 1886 sl.
► COME OUT to succeed → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► COP ► COP OUT to win someone over → 1910s sl.
► COTTON to prosper, to succeed, to ‘get on’ well → c1560 obs.
► CURL THE MO to succeed brilliantly, to win → 1944 Aust. sl.
► DRAW A GUERNSEY to succeed → 1966 Aust.
► DRIVE THE NAIL HOME to succeed; to come to the point → 1892 sl.
► EDIFY to take form, to grow; also, to prosper, to achieve success → a1400 obs.
► EEM to spare time, to find an opportunity; to have leisure; to succeed in doing a thing → 1674 Eng. dial.
► EXCEED to succeed → 1922 Amer. dial.
► FADGE to succeed, to thrive →  1573 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► FAY to do, to go on favourably, to succeed → c1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► FOLLOW THROUGH ► FOLLOW UP to press one’s advantage until success is gained; to follow one action with the next obvious one; to ascertain that something has been done properly → 1974 Amer. colloq. (Bk.)
► GET ONE’S SHARE OF THE CAKE to succeed → 17C colloq.
► GET THE BACON to succeed in one’s efforts → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► GLICK to come out right, to succeed → 1914 Amer. dial.
► HACK IT to achieve, to succeed in a task, to solve a problem → 1952 US sl.
► HACK THE COURSE to accomplish a task at hand; to succeed → 1966 Amer. sl., esp. US Air Force
► HACK UP to achieve, to succeed in a task → 1950s US sl.
► HAVE IT MADE IN THE SHADE to have succeeded; to be set for life → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD to succeed ; to come to the point → 1574 sl.
► HIT THE RIGHT NAIL ON THE HEAD to succeed ; to come to the point → 1897 sl.
► KNOCK PERSIMMONS to succeed, to win, to make a profit → M19 sl.
► LUCK to be lucky; to prosper, to succeed → 1597 Sc.
► MAKE A COME-BACK to succeed again after a (long) retirement → c1920 colloq., orig. sporting usage
► MAKE A SPOON OR SPOIL A HORN to make a determined effort to achieve something, whether ending in success or failure; to succeed in an enterprise or fail deplorably → 1880
► MAKE A STRIKE to achieve, to succeed or be lucky → 1904 colloq. (Bk.)
► MAKE MICKLE OF to succeed, to prosper → 1824 Sc.
► MAKE ONE’S JACK to make one’s fortune; to succeed in an undertaking → 1778 Eng. dial.
► NAUP to hit the mark; to succeed → 1869 Eng. dial.
► PAN to yield good results; to show to advantage; to succeed → 1871
► PLAY IN PEORIA to succeed in rural, provincial areas → 20C sl.
► PULL SOMETHING OUT OF ONE’S ASS to invent or produce something seemingly from nowhere; to succeed narrowly → 1974 Amer. sl.
► RAKE UP THE PERSIMMONS to succeed, to win, to make a profit → M19 sl.
► RIDE ON THE RIDGE to come to the top, to succeed → 1856 Sc.
► RIDE ON THE RIGGIN to come to the top, to succeed → 1856 Sc.
► SAVE ONE’S GROATS to succeed, to do well → L18 sl.
► SHOOT THE GULF to succeed in a very hard task; to achieve the impossible → 1629 nautical usage
► SKIN BY to succeed by a small margin → 1950 Amer. dial.
► SKIN THROUGH to succeed by a small margin → 1902 Amer. dial.
► STRIKE OIL to succeed → 1863 Amer. sl.
► TAKE to succeed, to become popular → L17 sl.
► TEAR ALONG to succeed or get on → 1746 Eng. dial.
► WALTZ to succeed easily; to achieve something easily, esp. in sporting use → 1960s sl.
► WORK LIKE A CHARM to achieve the objective with perfect success → 1880 Amer. sl.
► WORK THE ORACLE to successfully perform something through stealth and cunning or with the aid of an outright lie → Brit. sl.