Make it
Make it verb - Succeed in a big way; get to the top.
Rise
Rise verb - To become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number.
Both terms in one sentence
- Rise of Nations and its spinoff Rise of Legends (no relation) increases the price of a given unit as their population increases, to make it more expensive to mass single unit types.
Source: Diminishing Returns for Balance -
In A Hero, Dalek Sec implies that Kyubey and the Incubators have been manipulating humanity behind the scenes, and are responsible for the rise of the Magical Girl genre, in order to make it seem like a good idea to become a magical girl.
Source: Magical Girl - Candidates include Scarlett, Ripcord, Breaker, and pretty much anyone else still alive at the end of Rise that didn't make it to screen in Retaliation.
Source: He's Just Hiding
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