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单词 to make up to
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to make up to
a. To advance in a certain direction; now only in to make up to: to draw near to, approach. Also (occasionally), of the tide: to flow up a river (cf. sense 58).
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > move in a certain direction [verb (intransitive)]
goeOE
wendOE
makeOE
aim?a1400
to make one's waya1425
reflect1547
work1566
to make up1596
path1597
sway1600
tend1648
vergea1661
steer1693
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards or approach (a thing, place, or person) [verb (transitive)]
to come at ——OE
ofseche?c1225
approachc1305
proachc1450
coast1531
to make up to1596
accost1597
the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > types of tide [verb (intransitive)] > ebb or flow
makea1685
sit1751
set1777
to make up1898
the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > types of tide [verb (intransitive)] > flow in
fulleOE
flowc1050
make1840
to make up1898
1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. I2v Make vp once more with me the twentith part Of those that liue, are men inow to quaile, The feeble handfull on the aduerse part. View more context for this quotation
1611 T. Heywood Golden Age v. sig. K Let's make vp to his rescue.
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. ii. 5 Philip make vp. View more context for this quotation
1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour iv. i. sig. H1v Hell, stoppe, their bawling throats; again! make up And cudgell them into jelly.
a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Spanish Curat i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ev/1 There, I would follow you as a guid to honour, Though all the horrours of the Warre made up To stop my passage.
1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 38 He espied two Men come tumbling over the Wall,..and they made up a pace to him. View more context for this quotation
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 114 With Intent to have endeavour'd to make up into the Latitude of fifty or sixty Degrees.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. viii. 110 Impatient to know.., he made up to me immediately.
1855 D. Costello Stories from Screen 87 I saw her make up to the lady I have described.
1898 Daily News 25 Mar. 8/3 There was very little water in the river as the tide was only just beginning to make up.
1911 F. H. Burnett Secret Garden x. 100 ‘Do you think he really likes me?’ ‘He wouldn't come near thee if he didn't... See, he's making up to thee now.’
1991 Motorboat & Yachting June 105/3 Anyone with a thirst for more knowledge of the remarkable Ijsselmeer project could make up to the south-west from Urk to Lelystad.
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to make up to
b. to make up to: to make advances to (a person); to pay court to; to curry favour with.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour with [verb (transitive)]
flatter1340
to claw the back ofc1394
to pick a thank (also thanks)c1422
clawc1425
to claw by the sleeve1509
to claw by the backa1542
fawna1568
to make or pay (one's) court to1590
adulate1612
hug1622
sycophant1637
to make up to1701
to whip it in with1702
cultivate1706
incense1708
to wheedle in with1726
to grandfather up1747
slaver1794
toad1802
to play up to ——1809
nut1819
toady1827
bootlick1846
to suck up to1860
lickspittle1886
jolly1890
bum-suck1918
arse-lick1919
to cosy up to1937
brown-nose1948
ass-kiss1951
ass-lick1962
love-bomb1976
1701 J. Collier tr. Mythol. Pict. Cebes in M. Aurelius Conversat. 248 They..make up to them with great Endearingness, and ply them strongly with Compliment and Flattery.
1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 128 On being let in, the girls of the house flock'd round Charles, whom they knew, and..they were, in their way, making up to him... But the Templar soon check'd their forwardness.
1781 D. Williams tr. Voltaire Dramatic Wks. II. 25 She ogles me still, or I'm mistaken; I'll e'en make up to her.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. i. 4 They made up to don Cæsar or his son at once, without currying my favour as the channel of all good graces.
1842 S. Lover Handy Andy ii. 22 Tom's making up to the widow.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xii. 98 Young Bullock..who had been making up to Miss Maria the last two seasons.
1889 R. L. Stevenson Master of Ballantrae i. 8 I have it by all accounts that Mr. Henry was more made up to from that hour.
1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 156 He tried to make up to me but I gave him the frozen mit.
1942 ‘S. Smith’ Mother, what is Man? 20 He does not like you, little boy, It's no use making up to him.
1988 M. Seymour Ring of Conspirators ii. 61 The secret of James's charm for children... He never talked down—and he never made up—to them.
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