make up for (one)

To act as a substitute for one. Brett can't make it, so you'll have to make up for him, if that's OK. I'd be willing to make up for Sarah while she's away.

make up for someone or something

1. to take the place of someone or something. John can't play in the game Saturday, but I think I can make up for him. Do you think that this cat can make up for the one that ran away?

2. to compensate for someone or something someone did. We all had to do extra work to make up for Harry, who was very tired from being out late the night before. We will certainly make up for what we failed to do.

词组	make up for (one)
释义	make up for (one) make up for (one) To act as a substitute for one. Brett can't make it, so you'll have to make up for him, if that's OK. I'd be willing to make up for Sarah while she's away. See also: make, up Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. make up for someone or something 1. to take the place of someone or something. John can't play in the game Saturday, but I think I can make up for him. Do you think that this cat can make up for the one that ran away? 2. to compensate for someone or something someone did. We all had to do extra work to make up for Harry, who was very tired from being out late the night before. We will certainly make up for what we failed to do. See also: make, up McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: make up for stone's throw away a stone's throw away be no love lost between (two people) be little love lost between (two people) talk to the hand talk to/tell it to the hand that's for dang sure That's for dang sure! that's for danged sure
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