make
[meːk]
verb44
noun17
forms
made · maked · madest · ymade · making · makes · maketh · makest · maken
Phrases with make
- make upTo constitute, to compose.
- make-believeThe quality or act of pretending; acting as if something is true when in fact one knows it is not.
- make outTo embrace and kiss passionately.
- make overTo renovate or to convert to a different use, particularly houses, offices, or rooms within them.
- cannot make itCannot reach satisfactory or expected standards or do something competently; describes someone in a hopeless situation.
- kiss and make upTo settle one's differences and forgive.
- make a break for itTo attempt to escape; to flee; to run away.
- make a career ofTo do something habitually, especially in such a way as to acquire a reputation for it.
- make a caseTo argue for a set of facts or arguments in support of one side in a legal case.
- make a case forTo present an argument in favor of.
- make a clean breastOften followed by of: to be honest about something; to confess.
- make a differenceTo carry out an action, the result of which is a significant change, or an altered circumstance.
- make a fist ofTo do (something) reasonably successfully.
- make a go ofTo succeed in (something); especially, to succeed in making a living.
- make a grabTo try to take quickly.
- make a killingTo win or earn a large amount of money.
- make a legTo make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back.
- make a lightWhen driving, to pass a traffic light before it changes to a color that prohibits passage.
- make a meal ofTo eat something as a meal.
- make a mockery ofTo give a bad name, to act in such a way as to bring ridicule upon that which one represents.