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make something up1 (also make up for) Compensate for something lost, missed, or deficient: I’ll make up the time tomorrow...- Did this mean, he asked, that the disabled were being taxed to make up for the city's lost revenue?
- The White House has said he transferred to the Alabama Guard and missed some duty but made it up later.
- To make up for the lost sleep, he sleeps to the full on weekends, getting up after noon.
Synonyms atone for, make amends for, compensate for, make recompense for, make reparation for, make redress for, make restitution for, expiate formal requite offset, counterbalance, counterweigh, counteract, compensate for; balance, neutralize, cancel out, even up, redeem 1.1 ( make it up to) Compensate someone for negligent or unfair treatment: I’ll try to make it up to you in the future...- I will do everything I can to make it up to them, but I know that no amount of compensation is enough.
- By making it up to the person who was hurt, we make victims of the person all over again by saying that they should not have been hurt by what happened.
- Not that I was making it up to her or anything, but I went into the Department Store and got her a present.
2 ( make up) (Of parts) compose or constitute (a whole): women make up 56 per cent of the student body...- There had been speculation that Division One would be made up of 10 teams as opposed to the past season's 12 divided into two groups of five.
- A lot of different aspects make up the constitution of a football player.
- If water is made up of hydrogen and oxygen, why can't we breathe underwater?
Synonyms comprise, form, compose, constitute, account for 2.1Complete an amount or group: he brought along a girl to make up a foursome...- You can spend more than this amount if you wish, though obviously you'll be making up the difference yourself.
- The rate has to increase by an extra amount the following year to make up the shortfall.
- To be honest, I felt sure I was there to make up the numbers and I was quite happy to do so.
Synonyms complete, round off, finish 3Put together or prepare something from parts or ingredients: make up the mortar to a consistency that can be moulded in the hands...- We subsequently found out that the Austrian and German menu items are made up locally by an expert using genuine ingredients and traditional recipes.
- Good ales are made up of many of the same ingredients which are in great bread.
- Shortly before the Jubilee weekend, I was joking about having a t-shirt made up.
Synonyms prepare, mix, concoct, put together 3.1Get an amount or group together: he was trying to make up a party to go dancing...- All you need to do is to make up a team of six to eight, give yourself a catchy name and come along to test your wits and enjoy yourselves!
- Local organisations and individuals are invited to make up teams of four.
- Anyone unable to get a full team together can also turn up to make up more teams on the night.
3.2Prepare a bed for use with fresh bedclothes.Nurses made certain that the patients' beds were made up with fresh linen and blankets, and they offered sedatives or aspirin to patients who were uncomfortable....- I returned to my room to find that Marcie had already made the beds up and returned the room to its daytime configuration.
3.3 Printing Arrange text and illustrations into pages.I can make pages up, scan images in and all sorts of clever things. 4Invent a story, lie, or plan: she enjoyed making up tall tales (as adjective made up) a made-up story...- In fact they think I just made the whole story up to get out of trouble.
- I'm guessing you were making it up to illustrate your point.
- Under cross examination by Louise Blackwell, defending, Miss X denied making her account up.
Synonyms invent, fabricate, concoct, dream up, think up, hatch, trump up; devise, manufacture, formulate, frame, construct, coin informal cook up See parent entry: make |