English Words: M

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make historyverb

To do something that will be widely remembered for a long time.

make interestingverb

To make a bet out of; to bet money on.

make intoverb

To cause (the first object) to become (the second object); to change or transform.

make itverb

To succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, going somewhere, attending an event, arriving in time for something, adding to one's schedule or itinerary, or in getting where one wants to be in one's life or career, which sometimes means becoming or wanting to become successful (succeed in a big way) or famous.

make it countverb

To make something have as useful and positive an effect as possible.

make it interestingverb

To bet money: to lay a wager.

make it make sensephrase

Used to express the absurdity of a situation.

make it one's businessverb

To undertake to accomplish something or see it done.

make it one's lifeverb

To dedicate effort to a task, often at great cost.

make it rainverb

To bring prosperity or work to an enterprise by selling, inventing or other productive or successful activity.

make it snappyverb

To do something quickly; to be quick about something.

make it soverb

To cause something to be the case, to cause something to happen.

make it so thatverb

To cause something to be the case; to have something be the case.

make it up as one goes alongverb

To improvise continuously.

make it up toverb

To pay back; to return someone a previous good deed.

make knownverb

To announce (some information) generally.

make lemonadeverb

To make the best of a difficult situation.

make light ofverb

To regard without due seriousness; to joke about.

make light work ofverb

To manage something without difficulty.

make likeverb

To behave as though.

make like a baby and head outverb

To leave, depart, go out.

make like a banana and splitverb

To leave, depart.

make like a tree and leaveverb

To leave, depart.

make loveverb

To make amorous approaches (to); to woo, romance, court.

make love, not warphrase

A hippie anti-war slogan encouraging love and peace.

make matters worseverb

To worsen an already difficult situation or unfavourable set of circumstances, typically by acting rashly, foolishly, or incompetently.

make mephrase

Used to refuse a request that one do something.

make mentionverb

Synonym of mention.

make mention ofverb

To briefly refer to something; to mention.

make mileage out ofverb

To take advantage of, to exploit (usually a tragic or unfortunate situation).

make mincemeat ofverb

Alternative form of make mincemeat out of.

make mincemeat out ofverb

To defeat one's opponent easily and completely during a fight, contest, or debate.

make moanverb

To lament, complain.

make moneyverb

To make a profit from a particular activity.

make mouthsverb

To make faces (at someone), to fun (of someone), to laugh (at someone).

make muchverb

To emphasize, put much value on.

make newsverb

To be published in the news media.

make niceverb

To be friendly or conciliatory towards another, often in the context of maintaining good relations or resolving a conflict with the other person.

make no bones aboutverb

To do, indicate, or say something clearly and without hesitation, even if it may be unpleasant.

make no mistakephrase

Be assured; be certain.

make no oddsverb

To make no significant difference; to be all the same.

make noiseverb

To make a noise.

make noisesverb

To talk or drop hints on a topic.

make nothing ofverb

To do (something) with ease

make ofverb

To form an opinion about (someone or something); to appraise (a person, idea or situation).

make offverb

To exit or depart; to run away.

make off withverb

To steal (something) and flee.

make old bonesverb

To live to an old age.

make oneverb

To take part in, to be present at (a group, social event, etc.; later especially a criminal undertaking).

make one's bedverb

Ellipsis of make one's bed and lie in it.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter M contains 36,575 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 732 pages, and you are currently viewing page 64. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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