Make for someone / something
- to move straight towards someone / something
I think it's time to make for home.
Make off
- to run away, to escape
The thieves made off when they saw the police.
Make off with something
- to steal something
Thieves broke into the shop and made off with computer equipment.
Make out with someone / something
- to manage; to succeed with
How did you make out at the job interview?
Make someone out
- to understand someone
He is a very strange person. I can't make him out at all.
Make something out
- (bill, cheque) to write
- to manage to read; to understand
Could you make out the bill, please?
I can't make out her handwriting.
Make something over to someone
- to transfer something to someone
He made over the house to his son.
Make up
- to use cosmetics
Actors make up before they appear on stage.
Make something up
- to invent something
- to compensate for something
- to prepare/to pack food
Don't believe him. He's made up the whole story.
It's going to be difficult to make up losses in such a short time.
Tomorrow we're leaving the hotel early, so they will make us up a packed lunch.
Make up for something
- to compensate for something
I have to work very hard today to make up for the time I wasted yesterday.
Make up to someone
- to attempt to win favour with someone by being very pleasant to them
He was looking for the way to make up to her for what he had done.
Make something up to someone
- to compensate someone for something
I'm sorry for what I did yesterday. I'll make it up to you. I promise.
