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51make an honest woman of — (now usu facetious) To marry, where the woman has first been seduced • • • Main Entry: ↑honest * * * dated or humorous marry a woman, esp. to avoid scandal if she is pregnant Origin: honest here originally meant ‘respectable’, but was probably… …
52make (both) ends meet — phrase to have just enough money to buy the things that you need Many students are finding it difficult to make ends meet. Thesaurus: to have just enough moneysynonym Main entry: end * * * make (both) ends ˈmeet …
53make a bolt for something — phrase to quickly run towards something in order to try and escape He made a bolt for the door. make a bolt for it (=suddenly run away): Joe dropped the bag and made a bolt for it. Thesaurus: to escape from a place or situationsynonym …
54make a clean breast of something — phrase to tell the truth about something wrong that you have done so that you can stop feeling guilty about it Thesaurus: to admit you are wrong or have done something wrongsynonym Main entry: clean * * * I see clean I …
55make a go of something — informal phrase to do something successfully She was determined to make a go of her programming business. Thesaurus: to succeed in doing somethingsynonym Main entry: go * * * make a ˈgo of sth …
56make a hole in something — informal phrase to use a large part of an amount of money Childcare can make a huge hole in parents’ budgets. Thesaurus: to spend or to pay moneysynonym Main entry: hole * * * make a ˈhole in sth …
57make a statement — phrase to show people what you think or believe by behaving in a particular way He’s obviously trying to make some kind of statement by dressing like that. Thesaurus: to behave in a particular waysynonym Main entry: statement * * * ˌmake a… …
58make an exception — phrase to deal with someone or something in a different way from usual on a particular occasion only I don’t usually lend people money, but in your case I’ll make an exception. Thesaurus: to change your opinion, attitudes or behavioursynonym… …
59make do (with something) — make do ( with/without/something) phrase to succeed in dealing with a situation by using what is available despite not having something There wasn’t much food, but we made do. Thesaurus: to try to deal with a problem or difficultysynonym… …
60make heavy weather of something — phrase to make a situation or job more difficult than it really is Thesaurus: to cause problems for yourselfsynonym Main entry: heavy * * * make heavy ˈweather of sth idiom to seem to find sth more difficult or complicated than it needs to be …
