makes history
Achieves lasting significance
Makes history means to do something significant enough to be remembered—an achievement, event, or moment that will be recorded and discussed long after it happens.
The phrase emphasizes unprecedented accomplishment: She made history as the first woman to win the championship.
Someone can also make history for notorious reasons: The scandal made history as the largest fraud case ever prosecuted.
- monumentalExceptionally large or significant
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
- legendaryFamous beyond ordinary measure
- unprecedentedNever having occurred before
- reformativeIntended to correct flaws
emancipatory · milestone · turning point · landmark · transformational · trailblazer · achievement · seminal · precedent-setting · breakthrough · world record · memorable · record · legacy · game-changing · changing the game · watershed · revolutionary
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