make up for smth
1make amends for — • to make up for smth • to atone for smth • to repair one s fault • to repair one s wrong • to make amends for smth compensate for a loss or mistake I have to work hard in order to make up for the loss from the poor sales. (from Idioms in Speech) …
2make up for — • to make up for smth • to atone for smth • to repair one s fault • to repair one s wrong • to make amends for smth compensate for a loss or mistake I have to work hard in order to make up for the loss from the poor sales. (from Idioms in Speech) …
3make room for — (smb/smth) arrange space for He made room for the new computer in the spare room …
4atone for — • to make up for smth • to atone for smth • to repair one s fault • to repair one s wrong • to make amends for smth compensate for a loss or mistake I have to work hard in order to make up for the loss from the poor sales. (from Idioms in Speech) …
5make do with — (smth) substitute one thing for another If there is no cream for the coffee, we ll have to make do with milk …
6make no bones about — (smth) make no secret, not keep from talking about something He has made no bones about the fact that he is not interested in applying for the supervisor s job …
7make a beeline for — (smth) hurry directly somewhere When he enters the cafeteria he always makes a beeline for the dessert section …
8smth — See: have smth going for one, have smth on, make smth of, start smth …
9make out — 1) do, progress How did you make out at your job interview yesterday? 2) understand, interpret I can never make out what he wants to say when he phones me. 3) distinguish, identify The ship captain couldn t make out the other boat because of the… …
10make a loss — to sell smth for less than its production cost (opposite in meaning to to make a profit) (loss making) …
