... succeeded in landing on your feet after financial difficulties, things probably are looking up in your life. ____ 2. If you go through channels in submitting a complaint, you are probably making ... up to (something): to be doing something; to be planning or plotting something, scheming The first definition usually takes the form of a question. ã Hi, Jake. I haven’t seen you in a long time. ... resolve a difficult financial obligation ã After years of struggling to get ahead, the young couple finally got out from under their debts. ã The ailing company, succeeding in obtaining the necessary...