| 单词 | to make an out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make an out 6. Chiefly U.S. colloquial. An attempt; (also) a result, outcome or conclusion (of an undertaking). Frequently to make an out: to achieve a result. Cf. outcome n.2 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] fanda1225 procurea1325 assay1370 workc1384 to put oneself in pressc1390 purchasec1400 buskc1450 study1483 fend15.. try1534 enterprise1547 to make an attempt?c1550 to give the venture1589 prove1612 nixuriate1623 to lay out1659 essay1715 to bring (also carry, drive, etc.) one's pigs to market1771 to have (or take or give) a crack1836 to make an out1843 to go to market1870 to give it a burl1917 to have a bash (at)1950 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > that which is successful success1667 good thing1764 go1780 out1843 winner1913 success story1925 socko1937 gangbuster1946 bomb1954 1766 I. Penrose Lett. from Bath 13 May (1983) 107 I do not much mind Spirits; as they come, they may go. But your Mamma was resolved to know the Out of it. 1843 H. Y. Webb Diary 4 May in Amer. Speech (1951) 26 183/1 A man..that made half as many good resolutions as I have or made a worse out in sticking to them. 1853 J. G. Baldwin Flush Times Alabama & Mississippi 31 I might have made a pretty good out of it, if I had thrown myself upon the merits of my case. 1893 J. Salisbury Gloss. Words S.E. Worcs. (at cited word) ‘Making a goodish out’ or ‘a poorish out’, are terms applied to any undertaking when successful or the reverse. 1904 W. N. Harben Georgians xix. 176 Warren got down on his knees then and actually tried to pray; but he made a pore out. 1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling xxvi. 347 I often figger I made a sorry out of it, not encouragin' you. 1951 H. Giles Harbin's Ridge xv. 125 Let the woman of a house get sick, and it just goes to pieces. In the city, now, a man can make out very well... But in the country he makes a poor out of it when the hub of the house comes down. < as lemmas |
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