to make history
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- phrasal verb
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hacer historia
- Seven hours later, Armstrong planted his left foot on the moon, making history.
So big, in fact, that it will make history.
- So big, in fact, that it will make history.
- But what we do after that fall is how we make history because impossible is nothing.
- Dare to challenge yourself to make history.
- So it was not individuals or great thinkers alone making history and having an impact.
- Cool, yes, we made history tonight.
- John F Kennedy, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg Hundreds of people who have made history have received honorary degrees.
- She also went on to make history and to inspire generations of girls to pursue the STEM fields.
- And I'm speaking about the one and only Simu Liu, who made history as the star of the first Asian fronted movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Examples
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She also went on to make history and to inspire generations of girls to pursue the STEM fields.
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I know it may not seem the same without Donald here, but, I promise you, by the end of this season, we will have made history.
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But what we do after that fall is how we make history because impossible is nothing.
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So with each conversation, may you make history as well.
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We're making history tonight, I think.
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The students would be a part of making history, rather than just learning about it.
Academic text (1995) -
But she did not know that she would help change those laws and make history.
Fiction book (1999) -
And this weekend, Hallmark made history with the Christmas House.
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Marian is going to make history here; let's keep reading to see what happens!
Academic text (2013) -
The athlete hopes to make history by breaking the world record at the upcoming Olympics.
Synonyms
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To get noticed for your work in an area, for example in art or business
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To make a big lasting change to what happens next
Get recognition and success in a field
Antonyms
How Historic
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- Informal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines the transparent senses of 'make' (to cause or create) and 'history' (past events), so a learner can plausibly infer ‘to create events that will be remembered.’ However, it is metaphorical rather than strictly literal and relies on the abstract sense of being recorded in history; cross-linguistic equivalents (e.g. Spanish hacer historia) help, but the exact pragmatic nuance is not fully predictable without exposure.
Etymology
Make history comes from the image of writing an important event into a book called history, as if you were creating a story that will be kept in that book. So make history means 'to do something important that people will remember'.