not to know what to make of

not to know what to make of {v. phr.}

To be unable to decipher; be unable to identify; not know how to decide what something really is.

I got a mysterious letter asking me to meet Santa Claus at 6 P.M. at the supermarket. Is this a joke? I don't know what to make of it.

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