All make the grade synonyms
make the grade
M m verb make the grade
- manage β to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
- delight β Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
- please β (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
- commit β If someone commits a crime or a sin, they do something illegal or bad.
- manage β to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
- take care of β a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
- wrestle β to engage in wrestling.
- handle β a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- confront β If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.
- get by β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- grapple β to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
- survive β to remain alive after the death of someone, the cessation of something, or the occurrence of some event; continue to live: Few survived after the holocaust.
- suffer β to undergo or feel pain or distress: The patient is still suffering.
- control β Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
- administer β If someone administers something such as a country, the law, or a test, they take responsibility for organizing and supervising it.
- use β to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- work β Henry Clay, 1832β84, U.S. songwriter.
- supervise β to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.
- serve β to act as a servant.
- play β a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- utilize β to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- treat β to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to treat someone with respect.
- conduct β When you conduct an activity or task, you organize it and carry it out.
- govern β to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- operate β to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- discuss β to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- take β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- deal with β When you deal with something or someone that needs attention, you give your attention to them, and often solve a problem or make a decision concerning them.
- gratify β to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
- amuse β If something amuses you, it makes you want to laugh or smile.
- tickle β to touch or stroke lightly with the fingers, a feather, etc., so as to excite a tingling or itching sensation in; titillate.
- cheer β When people cheer, they shout loudly to show their approval or to encourage someone who is doing something such as taking part in a game.
- charm β Charm is the quality of being pleasant or attractive.
- wow β to gain an enthusiastic response from; thrill.
- certify β If someone in an official position certifies something, they officially state that it is true.
- train β Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- pass β to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- ready β completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.
- placate β to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.
- fascinate β to attract and hold attentively by a unique power, personal charm, unusual nature, or some other special quality; enthrall: a vivacity that fascinated the audience.
- flatter β to make flat.
- delight β Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
- mollify β to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
- appease β If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.
- assuage β If you assuage an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly.
- provide β to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- reassure β to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- assure β If you assure someone that something is true or will happen, you tell them that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, often in order to make them less worried.
- convince β If someone or something convinces you of something, they make you believe that it is true or that it exists.
- get β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.