make (your)/a mark

to make people notice you or to have an important effect on something.

Mr Sorrell first made his mark as finance director at Wimpole and Soames. (sometimes + as)

Richards made a tremendous mark on Australian cricket during 1985. (often + on)

• Use loaf.
• use something to good account
• use to good account
• use up
• use up something
• Use your loaf.
• usher in
• usher in something
• usher someone in
• vanish into thin air
• vanish off the face of the earth
• Variety is the spice of life.
• vent spleen
• vent your spleen
• verbal diarrhoea
• very much so
• very well
• vicious circle
• villain of the piece
• voice in the wilderness
• volte-face
• vote with feet
• vote with your feet
• vouch for
• vouch for something