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  • 21make a song and dance — (UK)    If someone makes a song and dance, they make an unecessary fuss about something unimportant.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If someone complains in an annoying way or becomes unnecessarily excited about something unimportant,… …

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  • 22make into — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms make into : present tense I/you/we/they make into he/she/it makes into present participle making into past tense made into past participle made into make someone/something into something to change someone or… …

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  • 23make off with — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms make off with : present tense I/you/we/they make off with he/she/it makes off with present participle making with past tense made off with past participle made off with make off with something to escape with… …

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  • 24make out — phrasal verb Word forms make out : present tense I/you/we/they make out he/she/it makes out present participle making out past tense made out past participle made out 1) a) [transitive] to see, hear, or understand someone or something with… …

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  • 25make off — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms make off : present tense I/you/we/they make off he/she/it makes off present participle making off past tense made off past participle made off to leave quickly, especially after doing something wrong The… …

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  • 26make a mint —    If someone is making a mint, they are making a lot of money.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If someone makes a mint, they make a large amount of money.     They made a mint selling hamburgers outside the football stadium …

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  • 27make for — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms make for : present tense I/you/we/they make for he/she/it makes for present participle making for past tense made for past participle made for 1) make for something to move towards a place He picked up his… …

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  • 28make up for — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms make up for : present tense I/you/we/they make up for he/she/it makes up for present participle making up for past tense made up for past participle made up for 1) make up for something to take the place of… …

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  • 29make up to — phrasal verb Word forms make up to : present tense I/you/we/they make up to he/she/it makes up to present participle making up to past tense made up to past participle made up to 1) make up to someone [transitive] informal old fashioned to behave …

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  • 30make over — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms make over : present tense I/you/we/they make over he/she/it makes over present participle making over past tense made over past participle made over 1) to officially make someone else the owner of something… …

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