| 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. |
| 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. |