the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] > gain or win (a success, etc.) (2)
intransitive. to run away with. figurative. Esp. with reference to the obtaining of undeserved praise, credit, etc.
transferred and figurative (chiefly colloquial). transitive. To gain, win (a success, etc.). to score a point (or points) off (a person) = to sco…