| make hay while the sun shines |
to take advantage of an opportunity or get necessary work done while conditions are favorable. |
| make it |
to do well; succeed. [2 definitions] |
| make it up to (someone) |
to repay (someone) in some way for a wrong, or perceived wrong, done to that person. |
| make light of |
to treat as or consider trivial or unimportant. |
| make mincemeat of |
to defeat utterly; destroy. |
| make much of |
to treat as or consider important or valuable. |
| make no bones about |
to speak of in a direct and open manner; be frank about. |
| make no difference |
to not matter, or to not have any impact or cause any change. |
| make of |
to come to or have as an opinion or reaction. |
| make one's blood boil |
to provoke anger or resentment. |
| make one's blood curdle |
to frighten greatly; terrify. (See bloodcurdling.) |
| make one's blood run cold |
to make one terrified. |
| make one's day |
to cause one's experience of the current day to be perfect, happy, or complete (sometimes used sarcastically to give the opposite meaning). |
| make one's gorge rise |
to cause someone to be revolted or disgusted. |
| make one's hair stand on end |
to strike with terror or fear. |
| make out |
to clearly see or distinguish. [6 definitions] |
| makeover |
changes made to one's appearance, by means of cosmetics, hairstyling, new clothes, and the like, that lend one an improved appearance or new image. [2 definitions] |
| make over |
to alter or redesign (something), usually to a great extent. [3 definitions] |
| maker |
someone or something that makes. [2 definitions] |
| make room |
to make adjustments in order to allow space for something (usu. fol. by "for"). |
| make sail |
to set up the sails or change their number or direction to catch the wind's force better. |