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make
verb- to identify (a person) UK, 1906
- “We still can’t make her.” “Could it have been a man dressed like a dame?” — Mickey Spillane, Kiss Me Deadly, p. 143, 1952
- “They’ve made us, Pat,” I said. “Get going.” — William Burroughs, Junkie, p. 80, 1953
- He’s a nice, clean-cut gun dealer, is what he is, and if he wanted to, he could probably make half the hoods and forty percent of the bikies in this district. — George V. Higgins, The Friends of Eddie Doyle, p. 215, 1971
- The detective said, “He say it was going down when he got home? How about, he looked at the guy but couldn’t make him? TV–all that kind of shit comes out of TV. They get to be household words.” — Elmore Leonard, Split Images, p. 17, 1981
- This part of town, they’ll make us for heat the second we walk in. — 48 Hours, 1982
- I’d never make you as a burglar, not in that outfit. — Get Shorty, 1995
- I stayed a couple of cars back so she wouldn’t make me[.] — Janet Evanovich, Seven Up, p. 162, 2001
- in planespotting, to record (“collect”) an aircraft UK
- I should, at this juncture, point out that while trainspotters “cop” engine numbers planespotters “make” aircraft numbers. — Iain Aitch, A Fête Worse Than Death, p. 73, 2003
- to seduce or have sex with someone US, 1923
- Al had had the reputation of making every girl he took out. — James T. Farrell, Saturday Night, p. 18, 1947
- Later that night I found out why Tino had put me in the hospital so readily. He was trying to make me. — Chester Himes, Cast the First Stone, p. 71, 1952
- He had decided at the start that he was going to make one or other of the Graces sooner or later. — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 119, 1956
- We picked up two girls, a pretty young blonde and a fat brunette. They were dumb and sullen, but we wanted to make them. — Jack Kerouac, On the Road, p. 34, 1957
- to admit someone into membership in an organised crime organisation US
- Valachi told the subcommittee that the purpose of a particular meeting in upstate New York had been to make us. — American Speech, p. 306, December 1964: “Lingua Cosa Nostra”
- to manage to catch and travel on a scheduled vehicle UK, 1955
- I arrive at Euston at 8.57, heart pounding, trying against the odds to be stoic but run up the escalators to try to make the train with seconds to spare. — Observer, 19 October 2003
- to fix a price UK, 1895
In stock market use. - to steal, to appropriate UK, 1700
▶ as pretty/clever/happy as they make them
used for indicating an extreme UK, 1896
Current examples (found in a quick search of the Internet, December 2003): “as bad as they make them”, “as American as they make them” and “as happy as they make them”.▶ make a break
to escape or make an attempted escape from prison US, 1930- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 74, 1996
▶ make a bubble; make a jail; make jail; make prison; make years; make (a period of time)
to be sentenced to or to serve a jail sentence TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1937- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
▶ make ass
to blunder; to make a spectacle of yourself US Hawaiian youth usage.- — Douglas Simonson, Pidgin to da Max, 1981
▶ make a thing of; make a thing about
to make a fuss about something UK, 1934- And last night? It was just a glitch. A bit of cold comfort from the cellar dweller. Let’s don’t make a thing of it. — Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 2003
- I’m just saying if it was Clinton, you don’t think they would have made a thing about that? — Bill Maher, Larry King Live, 28 January 2004
▶ make a zeef
to show off TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
▶ make fares
to work as a prostitute TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1987- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
▶ make fart
to make life difficult for someone TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1990- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
▶ make friends
(among women) to take a lesbian lover TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1960- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
▶ make good
to succeed; to meet expectations US, 1901- — David Burton Morris (Director), Hometown Boy Makes Good, 1993
▶ make hole
to drill for oil US- Working on an oil rig, that’s what you do: you make hole. — Ken Weaver, Texas Crude, p. 92, 1984
▶ make it- to have sex US, 1952
- I took her home and in her kitchen almost made it on the floor, a Marilyn Monroe type with mouth open and round hips and tight skirt[.] — Jack Kerouac, Letter to Gary Snyder, pp. 582–583, May 1956
- [E]xchanging existential and lover acts for a crack at making it–“making it” the big expression with her, I can see the little out-pushing teeth through the little red lips seeing “making it.” — Jack Kerouac, The Subterraneans, pp. 6–7, 1958
- Once, because it seemed logical, Jessica and I had tried to make it, but the chemistry just wasn’t there. — Clancy Sigal, Going Away, p. 407, 1961
- I’m a good woman; that’s why he can’t make it with me. — Mary McCarthy, The Group, p. 130, 1963
- [Y]ou can go inside and score early, and make it with one of the vagrant girls to prove to yourself that youre still All Right. — John Rechy, City of Night, p. 109, 1963
- True, he only made it with Millie, but even so–seventy-five years old!! — Max Shulman, Anyone Got a Match?, p. 2, 1964
- He “made it” sexually with her, in two days, he moved in. — Babs Gonzales, I Paid My Dues, p. 101, 1967
- It’s really very groovy to take her to a movie / Where we make it in the balcony. — The Fugs, Slum Goddess, 1968
- Then what’s his sex life, who was not married? He masturbates? No, probably not. Makes it with men? Who knows. — The Digger Papers, p. 4, August 1968
- Are you trying to tell me you wouldn’t care if I made it with your old lady? — Oscar Zeta Acosta, The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo, p. 40, 1972
- They loved to make it in Ingwood Park. — Ed Sanders, Tales of Beatnik Glory, p. 18, 1975
- Maybe she got bored, want a little something to do. You see Richard making it with her? — Elmore Leonard, Switch, p. 85, 1978
- There were several chicks she made it with. — Herbert Huncke, The Evening Sun Turned Crimson, p. 52, 1980
- She makes it with him on the same couch that Kris fucked Hershie. — Adult Video, p. 13, August/September 1986
- We didn’t make it because you were such good friends. — When Harry Met Sally, 1989
- to leave US, 1913
- I’d still say now’s the time, man–make it back to the Apple. — Ross Russell, The Sound, p. 99, 1961
- “Suppose I get into trouble and I got to make it [leave].” — Elliot Liebow, Tally’s Corner, p. 69, 1967
- Buddy jumped quickly. “Sure, I’ll do it!” “Beautiful. Let’s make it[.]” — Donald Goines, Inner City Hoodlum, p. 108, 1975
- to be accepted by US, 1955
- Laura and I marched but her friend went home because she said the whole thing made her sick–all the hatred–which was a very honest thing to say inasmuch as if you want to make it with the activists, hatred is supposed to be all right with you. — James Simon Kunen, The Strawberry Statement, p. 118, 1968
- to be acceptable US, 1955
- Brown shoes don’t make it. — Frank Zappa, Brown Shoes Don’t Make It, 1967
- to succeed, to become prosperous, to reach an objective UK, 1885
- When Mark [Waugh], younger by minutes, was first selected for the limited-overs team, he whoopingly phoned brother Steve: “I’ve made it!” Said Steve: “Great, bro, wonderful, which poor sap have they dropped?” Answered Mark, simply: “You.” — Guardian, 11 March 2002
▶ make it up to
to compensate someone for a loss or a wrong that has been suffered UK, 1860- Look, I’ll make it up to you. The next time I see you, I’ll fire you. I promise. — Guardian, 26 January 2000
▶ make like- to behave in a suggested manner US
Used in conjunction with ‘and’ to join a noun and a verb in a pun. - A favorite pun is “make like a tree and leave.” — Gettysburg (Pennsylvania) Times, 18 March 1954
- Make like an alligator and drag ass. — American Speech, p. 100, May 1954
- Today’s expressions include “Make like the wind and blow!”, “Make like a tree and leave!” — American Weekly, p. 2, 14 August 1955
- — Maledicta, pp. 39–43, Summer 1980: ‘Scram! Or, 101 ways to sack your lover’
- to behave in the manner of something, to act like US, 1881
- Do you want to make like a Hollywood superstar interested in the “spiritual” side of life? — Guardian, 15 November 2003
▶ make like a boid
to leave CANADA, 1946
Teen slang, reported by a Toronto newspaper in 1946, and reported as ‘obsolescent or obsolete’ by Douglas Leechman, 1959.▶ make love
to steal CANADA- Poteet lists making love to something as a euphemism for stealing it: “Don’t leave that battery charger in the bait shed. Someone might come along and make love to it.” A woman [from] Pugwash, 300 miles away, says people use making love the same way. — Harry Bruce, Down Home, p. 109, 1988
▶ make love to the lav
to vomit into a toilet bowl AUSTRALIA- BARRY: You know cry Ruth! Chuck! Make love to the lav!!! LAW: My God man quick the window!! [BARRY:] RUTH RUTH ROOOOOTH!!! — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971
▶ make nice
to act politely US- I’m gonna make nice there! I’m only gonna challenge him. — West Side Story, 1957
▶ make no bones
without hesitation, to deal with or react to an awkward or unpleasant situation, no matter how difficult UK, 1459- I don’t make no bones about this, I’m counting on you to help me. — Joel Rose, Kill Kill Faster Faster, p. 141, 1997
▶ make one
to plan and carry out an escape attempt from prison UK, 1974- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 74, 1996
▶ make one out
to successfully escape from prison UK- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 74, 1996
▶ make smiles
to have sex UK- Making smiles with Gloria had left me famished. — Jonathan Gash, The Ten Word Game, p. 23, 2003
▶ make the hole
to rob drunks sleeping on underground platforms and in carriages US- They informed me they were making the hole together as partners — Herbert Huncke, The Evening Sun Turned Crimson, p. 112, 1980
▶ make the show
in motor racing with qualifying heats, to qualify for the race US- — John Edwards, Auto Dictionary, p. 103, 1993
▶ make time
to flirt, to attempt to seduce US, 1953- Here was me, with no diamond pinkie ring and walkin’ around in my drawers and sneakers, making time with this doll. — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 93, 1975
▶ make tracks
to depart hurriedly US- “I know just what you mean,” Jackie replied quickly as he tossed his gun on the seat. “Let’s make tracks.” — Donald Goines, Crime Partners, p. 89, 1978
▶ make with
to use, to bring into action US, 1940- OK, George [W. Bush], make with the friendly bombs. — Observer, 17 February 2002
▶ make your day
to make a highlight or moment of happiness in an ordinary day; to be the highlight UK, 1907- A lovely gesture, in fact–and one that obviously made his day. — Guardian, 30 June 2003
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