Abandon
Abandon verb - To give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly.
Make it
Make it verb - Succeed in a big way; get to the top.
Abandon is an antonym for make it in topics: achieve, arrive at, bring to completion, succeed in doing, carry out a task.
Both terms in one sentence
- Despite ordering her crew to abandon ship, she doesn't make it to the escape pods in time.
Source: Deadly Deferred Conversation -
In Metroid Prime, lore scans make it clear that the Tallon IV Chozo settlement, at least, did abandon most of their technology to get closer to nature.
Source: Space Amish - If a teen or child is forced to abandon a suicide attempt, and life continues as normal, this can just make it worse and the child/teen more likely to actually commit suicide.
Source: Useful Notes / Suicide
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