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  • 11not have much going for you — (not) have much going for (you) have a lot going for (you) to have many good qualities or advantages that will make it easier for you to succeed. Poor thing, she hasn t got much going for her really. She s neither clever nor attractive …

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  • 12not have much going for — (not) have much going for (you) have a lot going for (you) to have many good qualities or advantages that will make it easier for you to succeed. Poor thing, she hasn t got much going for her really. She s neither clever nor attractive …

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  • 13succeed — suc|ceed W2S3 [səkˈsi:d] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: succedere to go up, follow after, succeed , from sub near + cedere to go ] 1.) to do what you tried or wanted to do ▪ She wanted to be the first woman to climb Mount Everest, and she… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14succeed — verb 1 NOT FAIL (I) to do what you have tried or wanted to do: I m sure you ll succeed if you work hard. | succeed in doing sth: Negotiators have not yet succeeded in establishing a cease fire. | succeed only in doing sth (=fail and do the… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15succeed */*/*/ — UK [səkˈsiːd] / US [səkˈsɪd] verb Word forms succeed : present tense I/you/we/they succeed he/she/it succeeds present participle succeeding past tense succeeded past participle succeeded 1) a) [intransitive] to achieve something that you planned… …

    English dictionary

  • 16succeed — suc|ceed [ sək sid ] verb *** 1. ) intransitive to achieve something that you planned to do or attempted to do: We all want to make the peace process succeed. succeed in (doing) something: We finally succeeded in getting Marjorie up the stairs. a …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 17succeed — verb 1 manage to achieve what you want; do well ADVERB ▪ admirably, beautifully (esp. AmE), brilliantly, marvellously/marvelously (esp. AmE), well, wildly (esp. AmE), wonderfully ▪ …

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  • 18Not a typewriter — This article is about the UNIX error code. For the Robin Williams book The Mac is not a Typewriter, see Robin Williams (writer). In computer science Not a typewriter or ENOTTY is an error code defined in the errno.h found on many Unix systems.… …

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  • 19not cut out for something —    If you are not cut out for something, you are not the sort of person to succeed or be happy in a particular activity.     I started studying medicine but I quickly realized I wasn t cut out for it …

    English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • 20did not get far — did not travel far; did not progress much; did not succeed …

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