make sth/sb of sth/sb
— phrasal verb with make uk/meɪk/us/meɪk/verb made, made
C2 to have an impression or an understanding about something:
Can you make anything of this information?
What do you make of the new boss? (= What is your impression of her?)
I don't know what to make of it.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Understanding and comprehending
- apprehend
- apprehension
- at your fingertips idiom
- attune
- bear in on/upon
- common
- fathom
- feel
- fingertip
- hit
- make sth/sb out
- mind
- picture
- plumb
- read between the lines idiom
- reading
- realization
- realize
- take sth in
- twig
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