Collocations for "succeed"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "succeed" in context.
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succeed
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- succeed in [school, your career, business, life]
- succeed in the [interview, competition]
- succeed in [getting, winning, making, doing, creating, asking]
- succeeded in our [bid, efforts, attempts] to
- succeed at [work, your job, life]
- succeed at [math, history]
- (has) succeeded through [hard work, dedication]
- succeed by [providing, connecting, helping, getting]
- succeed as a [professor, doctor, writer, artist]
- succeed without [help, assistance]
- succeed on your own
- succeed where [others, many] have failed
- succeed and [grow, fail, prosper]
- [could, would, might] succeed if
- only succeeded in [making it worse, alienating them further]
- succeeded only in [making]
- [eventually, finally] succeeded
- most [likely, unlikely] to succeed
- [born, destined] to succeed
- succeed him as [President, King, CEO]
- succeed the [presidency]
- succeed the [late, retiring, former] [president]
- [expected, chosen, destined, first in line] to succeed [him, the president]
'succeed' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ambition
- attribute
- backbone
- capability
- chance
- clever
- confident
- cost
- crafty
- crook
- cute
- day
- dedication
- definitely
- determination
- determined
- discipline
- driven
- empower
- encouragement
- enormous
- existing
- fair
- faith
- flounder
- free
- hope
- hunger
- indeed
- jump
- keen
- less
- likelihood
- likely
- limb
- motivation
- opportunity
- persistent
- potential
- pressure
- raw
- select
- slim
- somehow
- spur
- strive
- structure
- why
- will
- work