HACKED IT Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

hacked it

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past tense of hack it

as in flourished

to reach a desired level of accomplishment a skilled home cook who nonetheless couldn't hack it as a restaurant chef

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Recent Examples of hacked it But in college, at Memphis, Tigers coach Charles Huff hacked it before the Rams claimed to do so. — Chris Branch, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hacked it

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Defender Lucas Bartlett picked up his second yellow card, leaving DC United a man down from the 68th minute on and New York (10-13-6) cut it to 2-1 three minutes later on Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting's fifth goal.

— CBS News, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
But as Oliver pointed out, outright hate, and even threats to murder Liberty Biberty, just doesn’t cut it an era when negative engagement counts as engagement nonetheless.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of cut it

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But the council member nevertheless made it into the general election against Bass, and dominated their second debate, hosted in August by the Sherman Oaks Homeowners Assn.

— Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Avast, Bitdefender, LifeLock, Malwarebytes, Nord, and Kaspersky all also made it into the list.

— Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of made it

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Giving Fincher a chance to dabble in TV and animation are other areas that a place like Apple or Amazon may have been willing to throw a lot of money at, but Netflix got there first.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2026
Milinkovitch got there from the tuft on Gonzo’s head, Holtz from the shape of his hands.

— Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026