Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fake it till one makes it

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables: fake it til-l one -makes it
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To pretend to be a certain way until one becomes that way.

Example Sentences

"It gave me a chance to be able to see certain things that I like, and I was like, I just had to find my way, what I was good at in life so I could get those things. I just had to um… fake it till I make it."
"He framed her crimes as “chutzpah” and “moxie”, arguing that the accepted rule of New York’s elite social scene was “fake it until you make it”. He also blamed the influence of social media-obsessed culture."
"So many other people fake it till they make it, but that never justifies not bringing charges when someone has committed fraud."

Inflected Forms

fakes it till one makes it (present, singular) faking it till one makes it (participle, present) faked it till one made it (participle, past) faked it till one made it (past) fake it until one makes it (alternative)

Phrases

go along to get along placebo effect self-fulfilling prophecy

Frequently Paired Words

go along to get along placebo effect self-fulfilling prophecy

Questions

What does fake it till one makes it mean?: To pretend to be a certain way until one becomes that way.

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