success

Roget-categorie 731

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.5. Results of voluntary action
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#731. Success

zelfstandig naamwoord

success, successfulness — speed — advance etc. (progress) 282.
trump card — hit, stroke, score — lucky hit, fortunate hit, good hit, good stroke — direct hit, bull's eye — goal, point, touchdown — home run, homer, hole-in-one, grand slam — killing [make money], windfall bold stroke, master stroke — ten strike [U.S.] — coup de maitre [Fr.], checkmate — half the battle, prize — profit etc. (acquisition) 775.
continued success — good fortune etc. (prosperity) 734 — time well spent.
advantage over — upper hand, whip hand — ascendancy, mastery — expugnation^†, conquest, victory, subdual^† — subjugation etc. (subjection) 749.
triumph etc. (exultation) 884 — proficiency etc. (skill) 698.
conqueror, victor, winner — master of the situation, master of the position, top of the heap, king of the hill — achiever, success, success story.

werkwoord

succeed — be successful etc. adj. — gain one's end, gain one's ends — crown with success.
gain a point, attain a point, carry a point, secure a point, win a point, win an object — get there [U.S.] — manage to, contrive to — accomplish etc. (effect) (complete) 729 — do wonders, work wonders — make a go of it.
come off well, come off successful, come off with flying colors — make short work of — take by storm, carry by storm — bear away the bell — win one's wings, win one's spurs, win the battle — win the day, carry the day, gain the day, gain the prize, gain the palm — have the best of it, have it all one's own way, have the game in one's owns hands, have the ball at one's feet, have one on the hop — walk over the course — carry all before one, remain in possession of the field — score a success.
speed — make progress etc. (advance) 282 — win one's way, make one's way, work one's way, find one's way — strive to some purpose — prosper etc. 734 — drive a roaring trade — make profit etc. (acquire) 775 — reap the fruits, gather the fruits, reap the benefit of, reap the harvest — strike oil [U.S.], gain a windfall — make one's fortune, get in the harvest, turn to good account — turn to account etc. (use) 677.
triumph, be triumphant — gain a victory, obtain a victory, gain an advantage — chain victory to one's car — nail a coonskin to the wall.
surmount a difficulty, overcome a difficulty, get over a difficulty, get over an obstacle etc. 706 — se tirer d'affaire [Fr.] — make head against — stem the torrent, stem the tide, stem the current — weather the storm, weather a point — turn a corner, keep one's head above water, tide over — master — get the better of, have the better of, gain the better of, gain the best of, gain the upper hand, gain the ascendancy, gain the whip hand, gain the start of — distance — surpass etc. (superiority) 33.
defeat, conquer, vanquish, discomfit — euchre — overcome, overthrow, overpower, overmaster, overmatch, overset^†, override, overreach — outwit, outdo, outflank, outmaneuver, outgeneral, outvote — take the wind out of one's adversary's sails — beat, beat hollow — rout, lick, drub, floor, worst — put down, put to flight, put to the rout, put hors de combat [Fr.], put out of court.
silence, quell, nonsuit^†, checkmate, upset, confound, nonplus, stalemate, trump — baffle etc. (hinder) 706 — circumvent, elude — trip up, trip up the heels of — drive into a corner, drive to the wall — run hard, put one's nose out of joint.
settle, do for — break the neck of, break the back of — capsize, sink, shipwreck, drown, swamp — subdue — subjugate etc. (subject) 749 — reduce — make the enemy bite the dust — victimize, roll in the dust, trample under foot, put an extinguisher upon.
answer, answer the purpose — avail, prevail, take effect, do, turn out well, work well, take, tell, bear fruit — hit it, hit the mark, hit the right nail on the head — nick it — turn up trumps, make a hit — find one's account in.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

succeeding etc. v. — successful — prosperous etc. 734 — triumphant — flushed with success, crowned with success — victorious, on top — set up — in the ascendant — unbeaten etc. (beat) etc. v. — well-spent — felicitous, effective, in full swing.

bijwoord

successfully etc. adj. — well flying colors, in triumph, swimmingly — a merveille [Fr.], beyond all hope — to some purpose, to good purpose — to one's heart's content.

uitdrukking

veni vidi vici [Lat.], the day being one's own, one's star in the ascendant — omne tulit punctum [Lat.].
bis vincit qui se vincit in victoria [Lat.] — cede repugnanti cedendo victor abibis [Lat.] [Ovid]; chacun est l'artisan de sa fortune [Fr.] — dies faustus [Lat.] — l'art de vaincre est celui de mepriser la l'art de vaincre est celui de mepriser la mort [Fr.] — omnia vincit amor [Lat.], love conquers all — peace hath her victories no less renowned than peace hath her victories no less renowned than war" [Milton]; the race by vigor not by vaunts is won" [Pope]; vincit qui patitur [Lat.] — vincit qui se vincit [Lat.] — The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet" [Mark Twain].

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