make+up+for

  • 1make allowances for — make allowance for 1) you must make allowances for delays Syn: take into consideration, take into account, bear in mind, have regard to, provide for, plan for, make plans for, get ready for, allow for, make provision for, make preparations for,… …

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  • 2make allowances for — (someone/something) to consider particular facts relating to someone or something. We try to make allowances for our students different language backgrounds. When planning a trip, you have to make allowances for things that you can t know ahead… …

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  • 3make time for — make time (for) phrase to find time to do something or be with someone in spite of being busy He’s finding it difficult to make time for his children. Thesaurus: to find, or to have enough time for somethingsynonym Main entry: make …

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  • 4make time for — (something) to allow time for something in particular. On the flight back to Washington, the president made time for reporters questions. I try to make time to run at least four times a week …

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  • 5make way for — (something) to create space for something else. Some fine old buildings have been torn down to make way for an ugly new parking garage …

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  • 6make allowances for — see under ↑allow • • • Main Entry: ↑make …

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  • 7make allowance for — index discount (reduce), extenuate, palliate (excuse), provide (arrange for) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. Wil …

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  • 8make provision for — index bestow, cover (provide for), endue Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 9make tracks (for) — informal leave (for a place). → track …

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  • 10make tracks for — ► make tracks (for) informal leave (for a place). Main Entry: ↑track …

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