17 English Phrasal Verbs With 'MAKE'

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17 phrasal verbs with 'MAKE'

Make after

1. Chase
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The police MADE AFTER the stolen car.

Make away with

1. Steal
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: The thieves MADE AWAY WITH the painting.

Make do with

1. Accept something less satisfactory because there's no alternative
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: There's no coffee, so we'll have to MAKE DO WITH tea.

Make for

1. Head in a certain direction
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: We MADE FOR home when it started raining.
2. Produce a result or situation
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: The low quality of the service MADE FOR a lot of dissatisfaction.

Make into

1. Change something into something else
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: Many churches have been MADE INTO flats in recent years.

Make it

1. Arrive or get a result
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: I thought you weren't coming, so I was really pleased you MADE IT.

Make it up to

1. Try to compensate for doing something wrong
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: He tried to MAKE IT UP TO her, but she wouldn't speak to him.

Make of

1. Understand or have an opinion
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: What do you MAKE OF your new boss?

Make off

1. Leave somewhere in a hurry
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: They MADE OFF when they heard the police siren.

Make off with

1. Steal
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: Thieves MADE OFF WITH over a million dollars in the robbery.

Make out

1. Make a cheque payable to somebody
   (Separable [optional] | British English)
   
   » Example: Please MAKE the cheque OUT to RGM Productions Ltd.
2. Pretend
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: He MADE OUT that he was ill so that he didn't have to go to school.
3. Progress
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: How are your children MAKING OUT at the new school?
4. Kiss and pet
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: They were MAKING OUT at the party last night.
5. Discern a small detail
   (Separable [optional] | International English)
   
   » Example: I can just MAKE OUT the outline of a flying saucer in this photo.
6. Be able to see or hear something
   (Separable [optional] | International English)
   
   » Example: Can you MAKE OUT what she's saying?
7. Understand someone's nature or personality
   (Separable [optional] | International English)
   
   » Example: He's strange; I can't MAKE him OUT.

Make over

1. Change appearance
   (Separable [optional] | International English)
   
   » Example: The beauty salon gave her a MAKEOVER before the party.
2. Give money or possessions to someone in a legal way
   (Separable [optional] | International English)
   
   » Example: She MADE OVER her property to her children.

Make towards

1. Head in the direction
   (Inseparable | British English)
   
   » Example: We MADE TOWARDS the centre.

Make up

1. Stop being angry with someone
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: They are always arguing, but they MAKE UP again very quickly.
2. Put on cosmetics
   (Separable [optional] | International English)
   
   » Example: She went to the bathroom to MAKE her face UP.
3. Invent a story
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: They MADE UP an excuse for being late.

Make up for

1. Compensate
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: I sent her a present to try to MAKE UP FOR my appalling behaviour.

Make up to

1. Increase a sum received to a higher figure
   (Separable [obligatory] | International English | Contributed By: BobK)
   
   » Example: The charity collected £24,517.57, and the anonymous donor MADE the total UP TO £25,000'

Make with

1. Give (usually used as an imperative)
   (Inseparable | International English)
   
   » Example: MAKE WITH the money you owe me.

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