make a/your mark on sth

make a/your mark on sth
make a/your mark (on sth)
to have an important effect on something: »

He is beginning to make his mark on the shape and direction of the Wall Street firm.

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I was very ambitious, and I wanted to make a mark.

Main Entry: mark

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • make your mark on sth — make a/your mark (on sth) ► to have an important effect on something: »He is beginning to make his mark on the shape and direction of the Wall Street firm. »I was very ambitious, and I wanted to make a mark. Main Entry: ↑mark …   Financial and business terms

  • make a/your mark — (on sth) ► to have an important effect on something: »He is beginning to make his mark on the shape and direction of the Wall Street firm. »I was very ambitious, and I wanted to make a mark. Main Entry: ↑mark …   Financial and business terms

  • make a mark on sth — make a/your mark (on sth) ► to have an important effect on something: »He is beginning to make his mark on the shape and direction of the Wall Street firm. »I was very ambitious, and I wanted to make a mark. Main Entry: ↑mark …   Financial and business terms

  • make your mark — make a/your mark (on sth) ► to have an important effect on something: »He is beginning to make his mark on the shape and direction of the Wall Street firm. »I was very ambitious, and I wanted to make a mark. Main Entry: ↑mark …   Financial and business terms

  • make your mark (on something) — make your/a/mark (on something) phrase to change something, or to do something important, so that people notice and remember you He’s only been here four days but he’s already made his mark. Thesaurus: to change somethingsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • make a mark — make a/your mark (on sth) ► to have an important effect on something: »He is beginning to make his mark on the shape and direction of the Wall Street firm. »I was very ambitious, and I wanted to make a mark. Main Entry: ↑mark …   Financial and business terms

  • mark — ▪ I. mark mark 1 [mɑːk ǁ mɑːrk] noun the £20/​$1000 etc mark 20 pounds, 1000 dollars etc: • There is usually a fee to be paid, generally around the £100 mark plus VAT.   [m0] ▪ II. mark mark 2 verb [transitive] to put a sign on something …   Financial and business terms

  • mark — mark1 W2S3 [ma:k US ma:rk] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(dirt)¦ 2¦(damaged area)¦ 3¦(coloured area)¦ 4¦(writing)¦ 5¦(level/number)¦ 6¦(student s work)¦ 7 full/top marks for effort/trying/persistence etc 8 high/low mark 9 make/leave your …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • make a mark (on something) — make your/a/mark (on something) phrase to change something, or to do something important, so that people notice and remember you He’s only been here four days but he’s already made his mark. Thesaurus: to change somethingsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • make — make1 W1S1 [meık] v past tense and past participle made [meıd] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(produce)¦ 2¦(do)¦ 3¦(cook)¦ 4¦(cause)¦ 5¦(force)¦ 6¦(mark/hole etc)¦ 7 make it 8 make the meeting/the party/Tuesday etc 9¦(achieve something)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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