Make it
Make it verb - Succeed in a big way; get to the top.
Work it
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Work it harder, make it better Do it faster, makes us stronger more than ever, Hour after Our work is never over
Source: Single Stanza Song -
Ranma ½, though they have a rough time getting there, and never do quite make it, Word of God says they will eventually work it out.
Source: High School Sweethearts - Heinlein's "Future History" has regular interplanetary travel available to the majority of humanity, but also repeatedly details how much work it took to make it Casual - see the quotes page.
Source: Casual Interplanetary Travel
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