make someone
make (one)
To identify one as a criminal or wrongdoer. Often used in passive constructions. You made sure nobody could make you while you stole the documents, right? By the time I realized I had been made, I could already hear the police sirens coming toward me.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
make someone
tv. to identify someone. The cop stared at Bart and tried to make him, but failed to identify him and let him go.
See also: make, someone
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
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