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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 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 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 run so as to avoid being late.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 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 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 necessityC. 1595, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona, act 4, sc.1.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 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 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 awayTo depart, leave; to make off.Rate it:

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make awayTo destroy.Rate it:

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

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make awayTo kill.Rate it:

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

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make away withTo steal.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 bookTo be very confident.Rate it:

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make bookTo gamble, either by placing or taking bets.Rate it:

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make do withTo get along with whatever is available.Rate it:

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make facesAlternative form of make a face.Rate it:

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make forTo tend to produce or result in.Rate it:

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make forhead towardsRate it:

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make forTo move towards.Rate it:

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make for????, translator unknown, author Galileo Galilei, Two Chief World Systems.Rate it:

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make game ofTo ridicule; to jest.Rate it:

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make good onto fulfill (a promise etc)Rate it:

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make hastehurryRate it:

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make haste slowlyTo do haste properly to reduce the amount of mistakes.Rate it:

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make hayTo take advantage of an opportunity.Rate it:

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make hayTo cut grass to turn into hay for animal feed.Rate it:

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