succeed (v)
win#4 (v)
come through (v)
bring home the bacon (v)
deliver the goods (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 41
def attain success or reach a desired goal
examples The enterprise succeeded
We succeeded in getting tickets to the show
she struggled to overcome her handicap and won
Frame - 1 Something ----s
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
Frame - 22 Somebody ----s PP
Frame - 28 Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Outgoing links
Entailment try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
Derivationally related form win → winner
Derivationally related form succeed → succeeder
Antonym succeed → fail
Hyponym hit; pull off, negociate, bring off, carry off, manage; pass, clear; luck out, hit the jackpot; nail down, nail, peg; pass, make it; run; work, act; pan out; achieve, accomplish, attain, reach; arrive, make it, get in, go far
Incoming links
Derivationally related form succeeder → succeed
Derivationally related form winner → win
Hypernym hit; pull off, negociate, bring off, carry off, manage; pass, clear; luck out, hit the jackpot; nail down, nail, peg; pass, make it; run; work, act; pan out; achieve, accomplish, attain, reach; arrive, make it, get in, go far
Also see come → come through
Antonym fail → succeed

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