informal

someone who is always trying to seem more clever than everyone else in a way that is annoying.

Some smart alec in the audience kept making witty remarks during my talk.

• make the best of
• make the best of a bad situation
• make the best of something
• make the grade
• make the headlines
• make the most of
• make the most of something
• make the right noises
• make the rounds
• make the running
• make the scene
• make time for
• make time for something
• make toes curl
• make tracks
• make up for lost time
• make up mind
• make up out of whole cloth
• make up the bed
• make up your mind
• make waves
• make way
• make way for
• make way for something
• make way somewhere