M
Idioms beginning with "M"
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Contents of M:
[make a splash] {v. phr.}
To cause a sensation.
The brilliant young pianist, barely 14 years old, made quite a splash on the concert circuit.
[make a stab at] {v. phr.}
To try doing something at random without sufficient preparation.
The singer was not familiar with the aria but she decided to make a stab at it anyhow.
Contrast: [STAB IN THE BACK], [STAB IN THE DARK].
[make a stand] {v. phr.}
1. To take a firm position on an issue.
He keeps talking about politics hut he never makes a stand for what he believes in.
2. To take up a defensive position against the enemy.
* /The retreating troops decided to make a […]
[make a touch] {v. phr.}
To borrow money; try to borrow money.
He is known to make a touch whenever he is hard up for cash.
[make a virtue of necessity] {v. phr.}
Make the best of things as they are; do cheerfully what you do.
After Mr. Wilson lost all his money, he made a virtue of necessity and found a new and interesting life as a teacher.
Compare: [MAKE THE BEST […]
[make away with] {v.}, {informal}
Take; carry away; cause to disappear.
The lumberjack made away with a great stack of pancakes.
Two masked men held up the clerk and made away with the payroll.
Compare: [MAKE OFF].
[make-believe] {n.}
False; untrue; created by illusion.
The creatures of Star Wars are all make-believe.
[make believe] {v.}
To act as if something is true while one knows it is not; pretend.
Let's make believe we have a million dollars.
Danny made believe he didn't hear his mother calling.
[make book] {v. phr.}
To serve as a bookmaker taking bets on the horse races.
The police were out to prosecute anybody who made book illegally.