| make allowance (or allowances) for |
to be lenient toward (someone) due to knowing and understanding why a certain behavior has occurred; excuse; pardon. [2 definitions] |
| make amends |
to try to satisfy someone for offensive or injurious behavior, as with an apology. |
| make a monkey out of |
to make (someone) appear ridiculous; embarrass; dupe. |
| make a mountain out of a molehill |
to imagine something to be much more significant or more of a problem than it really is. |
| make a spectacle of oneself |
to behave disreputably or foolishly in public. |
| make-believe |
invention; pretending. [2 definitions] |
| make believe |
to pretend or imagine. |
| make both ends meet |
to make enough money to pay for essential things. |
| make do |
to manage, despite insufficiencies or adversity. |
| make ends meet |
to make enough money to pay for essential things. |
| make eyes at |
to look at with longing; flirt. |
| make for |
to move hurriedly toward a certain goal. |
| make friends |
to enter into a friendship or friendships (often fol. by "with"). |
| make fun of |
to make (a person or thing) the object of ridicule. |
| make good |
to carry out successfully or as promised. [2 definitions] |
| make good time |
to travel at a very desirable pace. |
| make haste |
to act or move rapidly. |
| 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. |