Make+a+figure
61make out — informal 1) how did you make out? Syn: get on/along, fare, do, proceed, go, progress, manage, survive, cope, get by 2) I could just make out a figure in the distance Syn: see, discer …
62make something out — 1 I could just make out a figure in the distance: SEE, discern, distinguish, perceive, pick out, detect, observe, recognize; poetic/literary descry, espy. 2 he couldn t make out what she was saying …
63make something out — 1) I could just make out a figure in the distance Syn: see, discern, distinguish, detect, observe, recognize 2) he couldn t make out what she was saying Syn: understand, grasp, follow, work out, make …
64figure out — Synonyms and related words: add, algebraize, answer, bottom, calculate, cast, cipher, clear up, compute, crack, debug, decipher, decode, disentangle, divide, divine, do, dope, dope out, estimate, explain, extract roots, fathom, figure, figure in …
65make — I. v. a. 1. Create, bring into being. 2. Frame, fashion, mould, shape, form, figure. 3. Fabricate, construct. 4. Produce, effect, be productive of, cause. 5. Constitute, cause to be, cause to become. 6. Perform, do, execute, practise. 7 …
66figure-skate — For a referee, judge, or arbitrator to make a completely wrong call. Get rid of the French judge so we don t get figure skated …
67figure-skate — For a referee, judge, or arbitrator to make a completely wrong call. Get rid of the French judge so we don t get figure skated …
68figure out — he tried to figure out how to switch on the lamp Syn: work out, fathom, puzzle out, decipher, ascertain, make sense of, think through, get to the bottom of; understand, comprehend, see, grasp, get the hang of, get the drift of; informal crack;… …
69make neither head nor tail of — {v. phr.} To be unable to figure something out. * /This puzzle is so complicated that I can make neither head nor tail of it./ Compare: HEADS OR TAILS …
70make neither head nor tail of — {v. phr.} To be unable to figure something out. * /This puzzle is so complicated that I can make neither head nor tail of it./ Compare: HEADS OR TAILS …
