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make a lightWhen driving, to pass a traffic light before it changes to a color that prohibits passage.Rate it:

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make a livingTo earn enough income to support oneself and, if applicable, one's family.Rate it:

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make a meal ofTo spend more time and energy on some task than it warrants; to make something overly complicated.Rate it:

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make a meal ofThat is the eleventh edit that you have made to that word, you are really making a meal of it.Rate it:

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make a mockery ofTo mock; to ridicule or imitate, often to express contemptRate it:

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make a monkey out ofTo cause a person, organization, or action to appear foolish or inferior; to subject someone or something to ridicule..Rate it:

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make a mountain out of a molehillTo treat a problem as greater than it is; to blow something out of proportion; to exaggerate the importance of something trivial.Rate it:

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Make a Mountain Out of a MolehillTo make something or some issues big then they actually areRate it:

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make a moveTo depart from a place.Rate it:

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make a moveTo initiate a conversation or perform an action intended to engage the willing attention of a person in whom one has a romantic or sexual interest.Rate it:

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make a name for oneselfTo gain fame.Rate it:

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make a night of itTo continue a pleasurable social activity for the whole evening or night.Rate it:

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make a pig of oneselfTo eat to excess; to overeat; to gorge.Rate it:

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make a pig's ear ofTo do badly; to make a mess of.Rate it:

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make a pointTo argue or promote an idea.Rate it:

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make a pointTo take care in doing something of something; to pay attention or ensure that something is done.Rate it:

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make a profitearn money from good done jobRate it:

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make a pug faceTo put on a sorry face, as a pug would look.Rate it:

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make a pug-facePutting on a sorry face, as a pug would look.Rate it:

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make a run for itTo attempt to escape; to flee; to run away.Rate it:

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make a run for itTo run so as to avoid being late.Rate it:

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make a sceneTo bring unnecessary attention to oneself, especially through a public expression of tumultuous emotion.Rate it:

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make a show of oneselfTo embarrass oneself or others in public.Rate it:

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make a silk purse of a sow's earTo produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.Rate it:

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Make a Silk Purse Out of a Sow's EarTo make something good out of something naturally badRate it:

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make a spectacle of oneselfTo embarrass oneself or others in publicRate it:

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make a splashTo do something that attracts attention.Rate it:

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make a stinkTo complain; to demand attention or remedy for a problem.Rate it:

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make a virtue of necessityTo make the best of a difficult situation; to recast or portray an action or situation in which one has no alternatives as an action or situation which was deliberately chosen on its merits.Rate it:

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make a virtue of necessityC. 1595, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona, act 4, sc.1.Rate it:

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make a wagerplace a bet as in gamblingRate it:

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make afterTo chase.Rate it:

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make all the differenceTo be a crucial or deciding factor; to have a very significant effect.Rate it:

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make amendsTo repair a relationship; to make up; to resolve an argument or fight; to make reparations or redress.Rate it:

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make an appearanceTo turn up to an event for a brief moment.Rate it:

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make an ass ofTo cause (someone) to seem foolish.Rate it:

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make an example ofTo punish someone so as to be a warning to others.Rate it:

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make an example ofHe made an example of the drunken sailor with twenty lashes, to show that he must have a sober crew.Rate it:

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make an exhibition of oneselfShe had far too much to drink and made an exhibition of herself by flirting with everyone.Rate it:

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make an exhibition of oneselfTo embarrass oneself or others in public.Rate it:

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make an honest womanEspecially if she is having a sexual relationship.Rate it:

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make awayTo kill oneself, commit suicide.Rate it:

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make awayTo depart, leave; to make off.Rate it:

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make awayTo destroy.Rate it:

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make awayTo kill.Rate it:

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make awayTo get rid of, dispose of.Rate it:

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make away withTo steal.Rate it:

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make away withTo transfer or alienate; hence, to spend; to dissipate.Rate it:

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make baby Jesus cryTo provoke a negative reaction due to being offensive, unpleasant, immoral, etc.Rate it:

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make beautiful music togetherTo have a great romantic relationship with each other.Rate it:

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