make it up
idiom
chiefly British
: to become friendly again after being angry
She's trying to make it up with him.
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That's partly because competitive pressure in the U.S. to produce cheap food encourages farmers to make it up with volume.
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Scott Horsley, NPR, 18 Mar. 2025
Is that for real, or did somebody make it up and tell me that?
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 7 Mar. 2025
Even some die-hard Zabar’s shoppers pre-occupied by their weekly running list of fish, bagels, and coffee, rarely make it up to the housewares department.
—Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Struggling to make it up on his own, Cairo paused, requiring a little more encouragement.
—Lydia Patrick, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Make it up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20it%20up. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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