But in four-short years he had made a name for himself.

（しかし彼はたった4年で名をあげたのだ。）
　NHK「英語でしゃべらナイト」の本より。海外で成功した日本人の話。ヘアスタイリストの川島さんは、時代の先端を行くロンドンで、、、というくだり。

• "make a name for oneself" ＝「有名になる、評判を高める」
  • By the time he was thirty-five, he had made a name for himself as a contractor.
  • He quickly made a name for himself in the Parisian art world.