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# didn't make it

verb phrase (not make it, didn't make it)

«didn't make it» in the English dictionary: in the primary school — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In the primary school

Source: Mova's pupils' dictionary. Licence: [Elamur Cosmic License](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/LICENSE/). Reviewed: the dictionary the pupils of Mova's primary school read; its examples quote the lessons and public-domain tales. Ships with Mova.

### Meaning

1. (euphemism, kind) died, especially after an accident, illness or operation.
2. (literal) did not arrive or succeed (didn't make it to the party, didn't make it onto the team).

### In the lessons

Doctors, police and families use it to give terrible news gently; also very common in its plain sense. Everyday, all regions.

### Examples

- I'm sorry, your grandfather didn't make it.
- Two passengers didn't make it after the crash.
- We didn't make it to the cinema in time (literal).
- He tried out for the team but didn't make it.
- The baby bird we found didn't make it.
- The doctor said quietly, «She didn't make it.»

### Note

Trap: «didn't make it» to a place or team is ordinary. In hospital or accident news it means «died».