make merry

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make merry

To joke, play, or be happy; to have a fun, enjoyable time. The best part of our wedding, apart from the actual ceremony of course, was seeing so many of our various friends and family making merry all through the night with each other.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

make merry

to have fun; to have an enjoyable time. The guests certainly made merry at the wedding. The children were making merry in the backyard.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

make ˈmerry

(old-fashioned) enjoy yourself by singing, laughing, drinking, etc: There was a group of rugby players making merry in the bar last night until gone 2 o’clock. ▶ ˈmerrymaking noun: There was a lot of merrymaking in this town when Leeds won the cup final.
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • be more fun than a barrel of monkeys
  • be (not) all fun and games
  • as much fun as a barrel of monkeys
  • a good trip
  • good trip
  • (all) beer and skittles
  • barrel of fun
  • are we having fun yet
  • Are we having fun yet?
  • be (not) all beer and skittles