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A list of phrases related to the word "succeed"...
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A class
act
Act
of God
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Act
out
Act
the fool
Act
the giddy goat
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Act
the part
Act
up
Act
white
Act
your age
Balancing
act
Bottom it
Can't
win
for losing
Carry it off
Carry the world before you
Catches
win
matches
Caught in the
act
Cheaters never win, and winners never cheat ( proverbial saying )
Cheats never
prosper
Class
act
Clean up your
act
Come out on top
Come up smelling of roses
Come up trumps
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Couldn't
act
his way out of a paper bag
Crack the case
Do a disappearing
act
Do all right for yourself
Do the business
Double
act
Due a
win
Failing to plan is planning to
fail
Faint heart never
won
fair lady
First responder ( the member of the emergency services to
arrive
at a disaster )
Follow
in the footsteps of
Follow
suit
Follow
the yellow brick road
Follow
your heart
Follow
your nose ( Froot Loops advertising slogan )
Foot in the bucket ( A baseball expression meaning to
act
timidly or cowardly )
For great lager,
follow
the bear ( Hoffmeister lager advertising slogan )
Get in on the
act
Get on in life
Get your
act
together
Go places
Going strong
Good mornings
follow
a good Nytol ( Nytol Sleeping Pills advertising slogan )
Hard
act
to
follow
Heads I win, tails you lose
High wire
act
How The West Was
Won
( James Stewart movie )
How To
Win
Friends And Influence People ( Dale Carnegie book )
Human Rights
Act
I fought the law and the law
won
I'll
Follow
The Sun ( The Beatles song )
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again
In on the
act
It is Sun what
won
it
It's better to travel hopefully than to
arrive
It's not whether you
win
or lose, it's how you play the game
Knock the cover off the ball ( A baseball expression meaning succeed beyond expectation )
Live long and
prosper
( A catchphrase from Star Trek )
Make it big
Make the grade
Make waves
Must
win
game
Never
follow
( Audi advertising slogan )
No win, no fee
Nothing
succeeds
like a parrot with no teeth
Nothing
succeeds
like success
Phone it in ( perform an
act
in an uncommitted disinterested manner )
Play hardball ( A baseball expression meaning to be or
act
tough or aggressive )
Play to
win
Play your cards right
Pull it off
Put on an
act
Random
act
of kindness
Reach new heights
Read the riot
act
Say the magic word and
win
$100 dollars ( A catchphrase from Groucho Marx In You Bet Your Life )
Sister
Act
( Whoopie Goldberg movie )
Slay the dragon
Some are born great, some
achieve
greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em
Some men are born mediocre, some men
achieve
mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them
Some you win: some you lose
Strike out swinging ( A baseball expression meaning to
fail
while giving it your best effort )
Sweep the board
Sweep the deck
The Battle of Waterloo was
won
on the playing-fields of Eton
The Gun That
Won
The West ( Nickname of the Colt revolver )
The
act
you've known for all these years ( Beatles song lyric )
The cat who doesn't
act
finicky soon loses control of his owner ( 9 Lives Cat Food advertising slogan )
The meek shall
inherit
the earth
Think global,
act
local
Think globally,
act
locally ( Friends of the Earth advertising slogan )
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to
arrive
Triple play ( A baseball expression denoting the
act
of making three outs during the same play )
Win
big
Win
by a head
Win
by a mile
Win
by a neck
Win
by a nose
Win
faster ( One Brand Group advertising slogan )
Win
friends and influence people
Win
lose or draw
Win
on points
Win
over
Win
some, lose some
Win
the day
Win
the wooden spoon
Win
win
situation
Win
your spurs
You can't
win
them all
You have to be in it to
win
it
You
win
some: you lose some