Can
Can verb - To let go from office, service, or employment.
Make it
Make it verb - Succeed in a big way; get to the top.
Both terms in one sentence
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You now have 60 seconds to get as many resources (and family members) as you can and make it to the shelter before the bomb hits and everything goes to hell.Of course, that's not all.
Source: Video Game / 60 Seconds -
Quoth Wedge Antilles: "While I don't think I can hold Borleias, I might be able to make it a name that causes little Vong children to whimper." And then he can.
Source: Last Stand - Foo Fighters ' "Learn to Fly", between second and third chorus: "Fly along with me, I can't quite make it alone..."
Source: I Can't Do This by Myself
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