hit - hit the intended target or goal

bring off, carry off, manage, negociate, pull off - be successful; achieve a goal; "She succeeded in persuading us all"; "I managed to carry the box upstairs"; "She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it"; "The pianist negociated the difficult runs"

clear, pass - go unchallenged; be approved; "The bill cleared the House"

hit the jackpot, luck out - succeed by luck; "I lucked out and found the last parking spot in the lot"

nail down, peg, nail - succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard"

make it, pass - go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"

run - make without a miss

work, act - have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected; "The voting process doesn't work as well as people thought"; "How does your idea work in practice?"; "This method doesn't work"; "The breaks of my new car act quickly"; "The medicine works only if you take it with a lot of water"

pan out - be a success; "The idea panned out"

achieve, attain, accomplish, reach - to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

go far, make it, arrive, get in - succeed in a big way; get to the top; "After he published his book, he had arrived"; "I don't know whether I can make it in science!"; "You will go far, my boy!"