Those who know me well, know what I mean! Hehe…”I made it through the winter!”
So what does “made it” mean?
you made it
or I made it
or we made it
Meaning
- used to indicate that a person succeeded at something or to indicate completion of a task
- used to indicate someone’s victory
- used to indicate someone’s arrival
Example Sentences
- “It is so amazing that you made it because we heard that it was a very difficult task.”
- “Hey, you made it! I thought you were out of town all summer?”
- “I heard that you made a whole week without a single drop of alcohol. Isn’t that great?”
- “I’m so glad that you made it! I really didn’t think you would come.”
- “Hey Dan, you made it! That is such incredible news.”
- “I spent the entire day wondering if you would make it and then suddenly I realized that he would be busy as it was a working day.”
- “Jason looked forward to spending time with his dad after a year but he didn’t seem quite sure if his dad would make it.”
- “I still look at my parents after 25 years of marriage and wonder how they made it so far.”
- “I knew you would make it and I believed in you since the very first day we met.”
- “It makes me proud to say that you made it into the university on your first attempt.”
- That was a really tough job but together we made it now.
- Oh man, I didn’t want to cross the river, but finally, I made it.
Other Common Sentences
You did it.
You arrived.
I made or I’ve made it?
I made it is used with a reference to a specific time, often implicitly now or today. For example, one would say “I made it” after climbing to the peak of a mountain, or when saying “I made it as a professional swimmer on 2 January 1982 when I won the gold medal”.
I have made it is used without a specific reference to time. Thus, it means the event happened at some point in the past but the speaker isn’t being explicit about time. For example, “I have made it as a professional swimmer,” means the speaker succeeded in becoming a professional swimmer but isn’t being specific about the time that he succeeded. You are telling someone that, in the grand scheme of your life, you have done something.
It’s a very subtle difference. Here are some more examples:
Today I challenged myself to run a mile, and I made it.
I have always wanted to swim across the river, and now I’ve made it.
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