M
Idioms beginning with "M"
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[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 after] {v. phr.}
To chase something; run after something.
The mouse escaped from the kitchen corner and the cat made after it.
[make allowance] {v. phr.}
To judge results by the circumstances. — Often used in plural.
When a small boy is helping you, you must make allowances for his age.
[make an end of] {v. phr.}
To make (something) end; put a stop to; stop.
To make an end of rumors that the house was haunted, a reporter spent the night there.
[make an example of] {v. phr.}
To punish (someone) publicly to show what happens when someone does wrong.
The teacher made an example of the boy who copied from another student during a test.
* /The Pilgrims made an example of a thief by putting […]
[make an exhibition of oneself] {v. phr.}
To behave foolishly or embarrassingly in public.
Stop drinking so much and making an exhibition of yourself.
[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] {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.