1. Continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
   - survive, pull through, pull round, come through 
2. Succeed in a big way; get to the top
   "I don't know whether I can make it in science!"
   - arrive, get in, go far 
3. Go successfully through a test or a selection process
   - pass, make the grade [N. Amer]

Derived forms: makes it, made it, making it

Type of: bring home the bacon, come through, defeat, deliver the goods, get the better of, overcome, succeed, win

• push on
• push out
• push through
• push-bike
• push-button radio
• push-down list
• push-down queue
• push-down stack
• push-down storage
• push-down store
• push-pull
• Pushan
• pushball
• pushcart
• pushchair
• pusher
• pushful
• pushily
• pushiness
• pushing
• Pushkin
• pushover
• pushpin
• Pushto
• Pushtun