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71make a clean breast — verb to be honest about something; to confess It is well, then that we should be frank, said the other. We both think more than we have said; let us make a clean breast. This masked figure that you saw, did you recognise it? …
72make\ neither\ head\ nor\ tail\ of — v. phr. To be unable to figure something out. This puzzle is so complicated that I can make neither head nor tail of it. Compare: heads or tails …
73make up — n. cosmetics; figure, body structure, build; arrangement v. construct; constitute; invent, concoct; forgive and forget; supply what is lacking; put on cosmetics; compensate for something missed (as in: I missed the test, may I make it up? ) …
74make one tick — {v. phr.} To cause to operate; to motivate. * /He is so secretive that we are unable to figure out what makes him tick./ …
75make one tick — {v. phr.} To cause to operate; to motivate. * /He is so secretive that we are unable to figure out what makes him tick./ …
76make\ one\ tick — v. phr. To cause to operate; to motivate. He is so secretive that we are unable to figure out what makes him tick …
77figure something out — informal Syn: work out, fathom, puzzle out, decipher, make sense of, think through, get to the bottom of, understand, comprehend, see, grasp, get the hang of; informal twig, crack; Brit.; informal suss out …
78figure — v. Make sense …
79Stick figure — A stick figure is a very simple type of drawing made of sticks and circles, generally of the human form, although stick figures of other types of animals are possible (for example, a stick figure dog). In a stick figure, the head is represented… …
80Academy figure — Figure Fig ure (f[i^]g [ u]r; 135), n. [F., figure, L. figura; akin to fingere to form, shape, feign. See {Feign}.] 1. The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance. [1913 Webster] Flowers have all exquisite figures. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
