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make for1Move or head towards (a place): I made for the life raft and hung on for dear life...- The fumes of the city stung harshly in my nose as I inched towards the Ramblas, one among twenty thousand making for Barcelona's famous promenade.
- The crowd has swelled so you can't move, let alone photograph, so I make for a restaurant on a first floor from where I can look down on the concert below.
- Parliament decided to use its army to cut off Rupert's lines of support and so moved off the moor and made for Tadcaster.
Synonyms go towards, head for/towards, aim for, make one's way towards, move towards, direct one's steps towards, steer a course towards, be bound for, set out for, make a beeline for, take to 1.1Approach (someone) to attack them.He pushed forward and made for the woman with the guitar....- He began to heave the books at her, and when he ran out of books she made for him again.
- He grunted in anger and made for them again, and Mike pushed him back once more.
2Tend to result in or be received as (a particular thing): job descriptions never make for exciting reading...- We need less hostility, folks, and obeying the laws of the road can go a long way towards making for a peaceful existence.
- This makes for comic and moving moments in a deep-thinking, pertinent play that is both heavy and light on the heart.
- It makes for a strangely moving scene, despite or because of the hum of the nearby freeways.
Synonyms contribute to, be conducive to, produce, promote, facilitate, further, advance, forward, foster, favour formal conduce to 3 ( be made for) Be eminently suited for (a particular function or person): a man made for action...- This is one of those applications that PDAs were made for, but whether stores will want to install extra hardware for users remains to be seen.
- Because they worked at this - at whatever it was, the one thing they were made for.
- The second of the two links is the sort of collaborative project that the internet was made for.
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