make for

verb4

1. •
   To set out to go (somewhere); to move towards.

   • He makes for England, there to claim the crown. — 1593
2. •
   To tend to produce or result in.

   • It was such a day as one dreams about, with that pleasant warmth in the air that makes for indolent content. — 1914
3. •
   To identify; to connect.

   • I don't agree, but they make him for a criminal.
4. •
   (rare) To confirm, favour, strengthen (an opinion, theory, etc.).

   • Secondly, we will examine the Coelestiall Phoenomena that make for the Copernican Hypothesis, as if it were to prove absolutely victorious; […] — 1830