make sth of sth
— phrasal verb with make uk/meɪk/us/meɪk/verb made, made
make enough, much, more, etc. of sth
to give a particular level of value or importance to something:
You should make more of your computer skills on the application form.
I think we make too much of the benefits of Western society.
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make light of sth
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Exaggerating & playing down
- blow sth out of proportion idiom
- drama queen
- dramatize
- exaggeration
- lard
- lay
- make a meal (out) of sth idiom
- make much of sth idiom
- meal
- over-egg the pudding idiom
- overboard
- overplay
- overstatement
- pad
- pudding
- soft-pedal
- stretch
- stretch the truth idiom
- talk sth down
- understatement
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