B2idiomsuccessIELTS-friendly
make your mark
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to have a clear and lasting effect on a field, or to become well known in it
Often 'make your mark on something' or 'make your mark as something'. It is about influence, not only money.
In context
Young designers come to Hanoi hoping to make their mark on the fashion scene.
He made his mark as a football coach before he turned thirty.
More idioms about success
- a blessing in disguisesomething that seems bad at first but later brings a good result
- a close calla situation in which you only just avoid danger or failure
- a dream come truesomething you have wanted for a long time that has finally happened
- a feather in your capan achievement that you can be proud of and that may help you later
- a flash in the pana sudden success that does not last or happen again