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make free with someone or something

resðaurant, orŁtheaterŁinŁadvance; to re- maid quickly made off with the children.
serve a room, as in a hotel in advance.Ł We only saw them for a momłnt.
Did you make a reservation or are we just makeŁbłokŁon something to make or accepð
going to chance głtting a table? I madł btsŁon something. (Slang.) It looks as
reservations for a flight at twelve noon.
if it will rain, but I wouldà’t make book oà
makeŁarryngements (forŁ someone ortsomł- it. John’s making book on the football
thing) 1. to make plansŁforŁsomeone or game this SaturdØy.
sàmething. I’m making arrangłmłnts makeŁ(błth)Łends meet to manage to live
for the coàvłntion. It starts next włek, onŁaŁsmallŁamount of money. (Also lit-
and I hardly have time to make arrange- eral.) It’s hard these dØys to make endo
młnts. 2. [with someone] to planŁaccom- młet. I have to work overtime to make
modationsŁforŁsomeone.Ł John is com- both ends młet.
ing for a visit next włek. Please make
arrangements for him at the hotel. I will makeŁ chin music to talkŁ or chatter.
make arrangłmłnts for everyone when I (Slang.) We sat around all evening mak-
call the hotel. ing chin music. You were makng chin
music when you should have been
makeŁa run fłrŁit to runŁfast to get away listening.
orŁget somewhere.Ł(Infàrmal.ŁCompare
this with make a break for something or makeŁcrycks (aboutŁ someone ortsomething) to
somŁwherŁ .) When the guard wasn’t look- ridicule or make jokes about sàmeone or
ing, the prisoner made a run for it. In sàmething. (Infàrmal.) Please stop
the baseball game, the player on first base makng cracks about my haircut. It’s the
made a run for t, but he didà’t make t to new style. Some people can’t help mak-
second base. ing cracks. They are just rude.
makeŁ a scene and createŁ a scene to makeŁdo (withŁ someone ortsomething) to dà
make a publicŁdisplayŁor disðurbance.Ł asŁ wellŁ asŁ possible with someone or
When John found a fly in his drink, he something.Ł You’ll have to make do with
started to create a scłne. Oh, John, less money next year. The economy is very
please doà’t make a scłne. Just forget about weak. We’ll have to make do with John
it. even though he’s a slow worker. Yes, wł’ll
have to make do.
makeŁas ifŁto do something to act asŁif one
were about to do sàmething. The thief makeŁeyes (atŁ someone) to flirt with sàme-
made as if to run away but changed his one.Ł Tom spent all afternoon making
mnd. Jane made as if to smack the eyes at Ann. How could they sit there
child. in class makng eyes?
makeŁa silkŁpurseŁoutŁofŁa sow’s eyr to makeŁfastŁwłrkŁofŁ someone ortsomething Go
create somethingŁof value out of some- to make short work of someone or something.
thingŁof no value.Ł(OftenŁinŁthe negative.) make for somłwherł to run or travel to
Doà’t bother trying to fix up this old sàmewhere.Ł(Slang, especiallyŁcriminal
bicycle. You can’t make a silk purse out of slang.) When I got out of class, I madł
a sow’s ear. My mother made a lovely for the gym. When he got out of jail, he
jackłt out of an old coØt. She succłeded in made for Toledo.
makng a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.
makeŁ free withŁ someone ort something 1.
makeŁa stinkŁ(aboutŁ something) Go to cre- [with someone] Go to take liberties with
ate a stink (about something).
someone or something. 2. [with somłthing ]
makeŁawayŁwithŁ someone ortsomething and to take advantage of orŁuse somethingŁas
makeŁoffŁwithŁ someone ortsomething to take if it were one’sŁown.Ł(Compare thisŁwith
someone orŁ somethingŁ away; to make take liberties with someone or something.)
sàmeone or sàmething disappear.Ł The I wish you wouldà’t come into my house
robber made away with the jewelry. The and make free with my food and drink.

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