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[make it with]  {v. phr.},  {slang},  {informal}

1. To be accepted by a group.

Joe finally made it with the in crowd in Hollywood.

2.  {vulgar}

To have sex with (someone).

[make light of]  {v. phr.}

To treat an important matter as if it were trivial.

One ought to know which problems to make light of and which ones to handle seriously.

Compare: [LAUGH OFF].

Contrast: [MAKE MUCH OF].

[make little of]  {v. phr.}

To make (something) seem unimportant; belittle.

Mary made little of Jane's new bicycle because she was jealous.

Tom made little of his saving the drowning boy.

Contrast: [MAKE MUCH OF].

[make love]  {v. phr.}

1. To be warm, loving, and tender toward someone of the opposite sex; try to get him or her to love you too.

There was moonlight on the roses and he made love to her in the porch swing.

2. To have sexual relations with  […]

[make merry]  {v. phr.},  {literary}

To have fun, laugh, and be happy.

In Aesop's fable the grasshopper made merry while the ant worked and saved up food.

[make mincemeat (out) of]  {v. phr.}

To destroy completely.

[make much of]  {v. phr.}

To make something seem of more worth or importance than it really is; praise.

Visitors made much of the new collie.

The boy made much of the hard things of his mountain climb.

Contrast: [MAKE LIGHT OF], [MAKE LITTLE  […]

[make neither head nor tail of]  {v. phr.}

To be unable to figure something out.

This puzzle is so complicated that I can make neither head nor tail of it.

Compare: [HEADS OR TAILS].

[make no bones]  {v. phr.},  {informal}

1. To have no doubts; not to worry about right or wrong; not to be against. — Used with "about".

Bill makes no bones about telling a lie to escape punishment.

* /The boss made no bones about hiring extra help  […]

[make of]  {v. phr.}

To interpret; understand.