(colloquial) To do hard physical exercise or work, and sweat as a result. / (colloquial) To wait or endure anxiously.

(idiomatic, simile) Desperately.

present participle of make it

it would have / it had have

(idiomatic) To kick back. / (slang) To perform in an impressive manner, especially musically.

(idiomatic, transitive) To pay back; to return someone a previous good deed. / (idiomatic, transitive) to redeem oneself

(Internet slang, humorous) Used to request a picture of a reported event, especially on an Internet forum. / (Internet slang, humorous) Used to demand verifiable evidence for a statement.

simple past tense and past participle of make it

(intransitive) To have favourable conditions for an easy life.

(idiomatic) Barely visible because gone too quickly.