Bomb
Bomb verb - Fail to get a passing grade.
Make it
Make it verb - Go successfully through a test or a selection process.
Both terms in one sentence
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Including one time when the Big Red Button to stop the bomb was easily accessible, but Clover, Sam, and Britney had their bodies slowed down to the point that they would never make it to the bomb in time.
Source: Time Bomb -
Nyoka doesn't make it past the episode due to being unable to disarm the bomb inside her.
Source: Puppy Love -
After the ship flips over due to a bomb planted by a terrorist, the Clarke family and a few other survivors try to make it to safety.
Source: Relationship-Salvaging Disaster
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