make a name for oneself

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make a name for oneself

verb makes a name for oneself · making a name for oneself · made a name for oneself

  1. idiomatic To gain fame, to become well-known.

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verb to gain fame

日本語一旗揚げる hito hata ageru
中文成名 chéngmíng
Françaisse faire connaître, se faire un nom
Italianoaffermarsi, sfondare
Русскийзавоева́ть популя́рность zavojevátʹ populjárnostʹ, просла́виться proslávitʹsja

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@misc{make_a_name_for_oneself_2026,
  title = {make a name for oneself},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/make%20a%20name%20for%20oneself},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}