ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

gain a point, attain a point, carry a point, secure a point, win a point, win an object; get
there [U.S.]; manage to, contrive to; accomplish &c (effect) (complete) 729; do wonders,
work wonders; make a go of it.
come off well, come off successful, come off with flying colors; make short work of;
take by storm, carry by storm; bear away the bell; win one's wings, win one's spurs, win
the battle; win the day, carry the day, gain the day, gain the prize, gain the palm; have the
best of it, have it all one's own way, have the game in one's owns hands, have the ball at
one's feet, have one on the hop; walk over the course; carry all before one, remain in
possession of the field; score a success.
speed; make progress &c (advance) 282; win one's way, make one's way, work one's
way, find one's way; strive to some purpose; prosper &c 734; drive a roaring trade; make
profit &c (acquire) 775; reap the fruits, gather the fruits, reap the benefit of, reap the
harvest; strike oil [U.S.], gain a windfall; make one's fortune, get in the harvest, turn to
good account; turn to account &c (use) 677.
triumph, be triumphant; gain a victory, obtain a victory, gain an advantage; chain
victory to one's car; nail a coonskin to the wall.
surmount a difficulty, overcome a difficulty, get over a difficulty, get over an obstacle
&c 706; se tirer d'affaire [Fr.]; make head against; stem the torrent, stem the tide, stem
the current; weather the storm, weather a point; turn a corner, keep one's head above
water, tide over; master; get the better of, have the better of, gain the better of, gain the
best of, gain the upper hand, gain the ascendancy, gain the whip hand, gain the start of;
distance; surpass &c (superiority) 33.
defeat, conquer, vanquish, discomfit; euchre; overcome, overthrow, overpower,
overmaster, overmatch, overset † , override, overreach; outwit, outdo, outflank,
outmaneuver, outgeneral, outvote; take the wind out of one's adversary's sails; beat, beat
hollow; rout, lick, drub, floor, worst; put down, put to flight, put to the rout, put hors de
combat [Fr.], put out of court.
silence, quell, nonsuit † , checkmate, upset, confound, nonplus, stalemate, trump; baffle
&c (hinder) 706; circumvent, elude; trip up, trip up the heels of; drive into a corner, drive
to the wall; run hard, put one's nose out of joint.
settle, do for; break the neck of, break the back of; capsize, sink, shipwreck, drown,
swamp; subdue; subjugate &c (subject) 749; reduce; make the enemy bite the dust;
victimize, roll in the dust, trample under foot, put an extinguisher upon.
answer, answer the purpose; avail, prevail, take effect, do, turn out well, work well,
take, tell, bear fruit; hit it, hit the mark, hit the right nail on the head; nick it; turn up
trumps, make a hit; find one's account in.
Adj. succeeding &c v.; successful; prosperous &c 734; triumphant; flushed with success,
crowned with success; victorious, on top; set up; in the ascendant; unbeaten &c (beat) &c
v.; well-spent; felicitous, effective, in full swing.
Adv. successfully &c adj.; well flying colors, in triumph, swimmingly; a merveille [Fr.],
beyond all hope; to some purpose, to good purpose; to one's heart's content.
Phr. veni vidi vici [Lat.], the day being one's own, one's star in the ascendant; omne tulit
punctum [Lat.].
bis vincit qui se vincit in victoria [Lat.]; cede repugnanti cedendo victor abibis [Lat.]
[Ovid]; chacun est l'artisan de sa fortune [Fr.]; dies faustus [Lat.]; l'art de vaincre est
celui de mepriser la mort [Fr.]; omnia vincit amor [Lat.], love conquers all; peace hath