cannot make it

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cannot make it

verb CMI

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cannot, make it.
  2. Singapore, colloquial, idiomatic, stative Cannot reach satisfactory or expected standards or do something competently; describes someone in a hopeless situation. A noble effort but somehow the only words that came to mind were “cannot make it, lah”.

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@misc{cannot_make_it_2026,
  title = {cannot make it},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cannot%20make%20it},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}