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  • 71make good — Synonyms and related words: abide by, accomplish, achieve success, act up to, adhere to, advance, afford proof of, amend, arrive, ascertain, atone, atone for, attend to, be a success, be faithful to, break through, bring home to, bring to… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 72make amends — Synonyms and related words: atone, atone for, compensate, cover, do penance, expiate, fill up, get satisfaction, give and take, give satisfaction, indemnify, kick back, live down, make compensation, make good, make matters up, make reparation,… …

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  • 73make do — Synonyms and related words: beget, breed, bring forth, bring into being, call into being, change, change for, coin, commute, compound for, conceive, concoct, contrive, cook up, cope, design, develop, devise, discover, do with, dream up, dub in,… …

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  • 74make something up — 1》 (also make up for) compensate for something lost, missed, or deficient.     ↘(make it up to) compensate (someone) for negligent or unfair treatment. 2》 (make up) (of parts) compose or constitute (a whole). 3》 put together or prepare something… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 75make clear — Synonyms and related words: account for, affect, aid, allegorize, betoken, brandish, breathe, bring forth, bring forward, bring into view, bring out, bring to notice, clarify, clear the way, clear up, crack, dangle, decipher, demonstrate,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 76make up — v. 1) (d; intr.) to make up for ( to recoup ) (to make up for lost time) 2) (colloq.) (d; intr.) to make up to ( to gain favor with ) (you should try to make up to your boss) 3) (D; intr.) ( to become reconciled ) to make up with (she made up… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 77make up — verb a) to constitute; to compose; to form He can make up the time next week. b) to compensate, fill in or catch up …

    Wiktionary

  • 78make amends — apologize to someone you have hurt, make up for    What can I do to make amends for opening her personal mail? …

    English idioms

  • 79make good — phrasal 1. (or make good on) to make valid or complete: as a. to make up for (a deficiency) b. indemnify < make good the loss > c. to carry out successfully < made good their escape > < made good on his promise > d. prove …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 80make it — phrasal 1. a. to be successful < trying to make it in the big time as a fashion photographer Joe Kane > b. to be satisfactory or pleasing < if it isn t danceable, it doesn t make it for me Judy Hyman > 2. to have sexual intercourse 3. survive,&#8230; …

    New Collegiate Dictionary