what it takes

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Noun

what it takes (uncountable)

(US, idiomatic) Everything that is required, especially skill or endurance.
You don't know what it takes to succeed at competitive frisbee.
- 1974, Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon, “Bette Davis Eyes”, in Mistaken Identity‎, performed by Kim Carnes, published 1981:
  She's precocious, and she knows just / What it takes to make a pro blush

See also

have it in oneself
whatever it takes

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