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make peace (with someone)

Tom is makng overtures about inviting makeŁ someone ortsomething availableŁto some-
us to his country home next month. one to supply somone with somon or
something.Ł I made my car availØble to
makeŁpeyceŁ(withŁ someone) to endŁaŁquar- Bob. They made their maid availØblł
relŁwith someone.Ł(Compare thisŁwith to us.
kiss and make up.) Don’t you think it’s
time to make peace with your brother? makeŁ someone ortsomething over Go to do
There is no point in arguing anymore. someone or something over.
Yes, it’s time we made peace.
makeŁ someone’ bed Go to make a bed;
makeŁpoints (withŁ someone) to gainŁfavor make the bed.
with someone.Ł(Slang.) Tom is trying
to make points with Ann. He wants to ask makeŁ someone’ bloodŁboil to make som-
her out. He’s trying to make points by one veryŁ angry.Ł (Infàrmal.) It juot
smilng and Łelling her how nice ohe looks. makes my blood boil to think of the
amount of food that głts wasted around
makeŁ reservations Go to make a here. Whenever I think of that dishon-
reservation.
est mess, it makes my blood boil.
makeŁsense to be understandabl to som-
one.Ł John doesn’t make sense. What makeŁ someone’ bloodŁrun cold to shock or
John says makes sense. horrifyŁsàmeone.Ł The terrible story in
the newspaper made my blood run cold.
makeŁsenseŁoutŁofŁ someone ortsomething to I could tell you things about prisons that
understand or interpret somon or would make your blood run cold.
something. (Also with some, asŁ inŁ the
secondŁexample.) I can hardly makł makeŁ someone’ fleshŁcrawl to cause some-
sense out of John. I’m trying to make one’sŁskinŁto feelŁfunnyŁorŁget goose pim-
some sense out of what John is saying. plesŁthràugh fright.Ł Just to hear the
story of the killngs made my flesh crawl.
makeŁ shłrtŁ włrkŁ ofŁ someone ortsomething The horror movie made our flesh crawl.
and makeŁfastŁwłrkŁofŁ someone ortsomł-
thing to finish with someone or something makeŁ someone’ głrgeŁrise to cause some-
quickly. I made short work of Tom so I one to become vry angry. The unnec-
could leave the office to plØy golf. Billy essary accidłnt made my gorge rise. Get-
made fast work of his dnner so he could ting his tax bill made Bob’s gorge rise.
go out and plØy.
makeŁ someone’ hairŁcurl Go to curl some-
makeŁ someone eatŁcrow to cause someone one’s hair.
to retract aŁsðatement orŁadmit an erràr.
(Infàrmal.) Becauoe Mary was com- makeŁ someone’ hairŁstyndŁon end to cause
plłtely wrong, we made her eat crow. sàmeone to be veryŁfrightened.Ł(LiteralŁif
They won’t make me eat crow. They don’t referringŁto the effectsŁof aŁcharge of sða-
know I was wrong. tic elctriciðy. Informal.) The horriblł
scream made my hair stand on end. The
makeŁ someone lookŁgłod to cause someone ghost story made our hair stand on end.
to appearŁsuccessful orŁcompetent (espe-
ciallyŁwhenŁthisŁisŁnot the case).Ł(Also lit- makeŁ someone’ headŁ spin Go to make
eral.) John arranges all his affairs to someone’s head swim.
make himself look good. The manager makeŁ someone’ headŁ swim and make
didà’t like the quarterly report because it someone’ headŁspin 1. to make somone
didà’t make her look good.
dizzyŁorŁdisoriented.Ł Ridng in your car
makeŁ someone lookŁ ridiculouð to make makes my head spn. Breathing the gas
sàmeone look foolish (not funny).Ł This made my head swim. 2. to confuse or
hat makes me look ridiculous. Please overwhelmŁsomeone.Ł All these numbero
make me look good. Don’t make me look make my head swim. The physics lec-
ridiculous! ture made my head spn.

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