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Meaning of cannot make it | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cannot, make it.
  2. Cannot reach satisfactory or expected standards or do something competently; describes someone in a hopeless situation.
    Singapore, colloquial, idiomatic, stative

Examples

“A noble effort but somehow the only words that came to mind were “cannot make it, lah”.”
“[…] “it never ended preliminarily at ‘he cannot make it’, […] it was always ‘let's do this or that to help him’.””

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

cannott cannulate cannulated cannulates cannulating cannulise

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