make it count

verb

To make something have as useful and positive an effect as possible.

“You only get one chance, so you have to make it count.”

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Meanings

verbmake it count (third-person singular simple present makes it count, present participle making it count, simple past and past participle made it count)

present singular third person makes it count · participle present making it count · participle past made it count · past made it count · alternative make something count

  1. To make something have as useful and positive an effect as possible.

    You only get one chance, so you have to make it count.

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