make it so
Execute the order
Make it so is a command meaning "do what I've described" or "proceed as discussed." The phrase gained currency from Star Trek, where Captain Picard used it to authorize crew actions.
It now appears in workplaces and casual conversation as a slightly theatrical way to approve a plan: We'll launch Monday? Make it so.
- carry outComplete an intended action
- executeCarry out fully
- accomplishComplete successfully
- Star TrekSpacefaring TV franchise
- directiveFormal command or instruction
Jean-Luc Picard · engage · bring about · set in motion · fulfill · Picard · captain's orders · number one · decree · Enterprise · order · instruction · activate · enact · get it done · materialize · catchphrase · mandate
- Star TrekSpock, Kirk, Enterprise, USS Enterprise, Captain Kirk
- starship commandsengage, beam me up, warp speed, shields up, red alert
- TV catchphrasesbazinga, how you doin, pivot, yada yada, doh
- magic wordsabracadabra, alakazam, hocus pocus, presto, open sesame
make it sostand down
Withdraw from readiness
abort · stop · as you were · permission denied · halt
make it sostop it
Demand to cease behavior
take it back · call it off · pull the plug · nip it in the bud · kill it