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[make the scene]{v. phr.}, {slang} To be present; to arrive at a certain place or event. •/I am too tired to make the scene; let’s go home./
[make things hum] See: KEEP THINGS HUMMING.
[make time]{v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To be successful in arriving at a designated place in short or good time. •/We’re supposed to be there at 6 P.M., and it’s only 5:30 — we’re making good time./ 2. To be successful in making sexual advances to someone. •/Joe sure is making time with Sue, isn’t he?/
[make tongues wag] See: TONGUES TO WAG.
[make tracks]{v. phr.}, {informal} To go fast; get a speedy start; hurry. •/Man, it’s time we made tracks!/ •/The boys made tracks for home when it began to get dark./ Compare: GET GOING, MAKE HASTE.
[makeup]{n.} (stress on "make") 1. Cosmetics. •/All the actors and actresses put on a lot of makeup./ 2. Attributive auxiliary in lieu of, or belated. •/The professor gave a makeup to the sick students./
[make up]{v.} (stress on "up") 1. To make by putting things or parts together. •/A car is made up of many different parts./ 2. To invent; think and say something that is new or not true. •/Jean makes up stories to amuse her little brother./ 3a. To do or provide (something lacking or needed); do or supply (something not done, lost, or missed); get back; regain; give back; repay. •/I have to make up the test I missed last week./ •/I want to go to bed early to make up the sleep I lost last night./ •/We have to drive fast to make up the hour we lost in Boston./ •/Vitamin pills make up what you lack in your diet./ •/The toy cost a dollar and Ted only had fifty cents, so Father made up the difference./ — Often used in the phrase "make it up to". •/Uncle Fred forgot my birthday present but he made it up to me by taking me to the circus./ •/Mrs. Rich spent so much time away from her children that she tried to make it up to them by giving them things./ Compare: MAKE GOOD. 3b. To do what is lacking or needed; do or give what should be done or given; get or give back what has been lost, missed, or not done; get or give instead; pay back. — Used with "for". •/We made up for lost time by taking an airplane instead of a train./ •/Saying you are sorry won’t make up for the damage of breaking the window./ •/Mary had to make up for the time she missed in school when she was sick, by studying very hard./ •/The beautiful view at the top of the mountain makes up for the hard climb to get there./ 4. To put on lipstick and face paint powder. •/Clowns always make up before a circus show./ •/Tom watched his sister make up her face for her date./ 5. To become friends again after a quarrel. •/Mary and Joan quarreled, but made up after a while./ Compare: BURY THE HATCHET. 6. To try to make friends with someone; to win favor. — Followed by "to". •/The new boy made up to the teacher by sharpening her pencils./
[make up one’s mind]{v. phr.} To choose what to do; decide. •/They made up their minds to sell the house./ •/Tom couldn’t decide whether he should tell Mother about the broken window or let her find it herself./ Contrast: ON THE FENCE.
[make waves]{v. phr.}, {informal} Make one’s influence felt; create a disturbance, a sensation. •/Joe Catwallender is the wrong man for the job; he is always trying to make waves./
[make way]{v. phr.} To move from in front so someone can go through; stand aside. •/The people made way for the king./ •/When older men retire they make way for younger men to take their places./
[mama’s boy]{n. phr.}, {informal} A boy who depends too much on his mother; a sissy. •/The other boys called Tommy a mama’s boy because he wouldn’t come out to play unless his mother stayed near him./
[man] See: COMPANY MAN, EVERY LAST MAN also EVERY MAN JACK, FRONT MAN, HIRED MAN, LADY’S MAN, NEW MAN, SEPARATE THE MEN FROM THE BOYS, TO A MAN, YES-MAN.
[man] or [the man]{n.}, {slang} 1. The police; a policeman. •/I am gonna turn you in to the man./ 2. The boss; the leader; the most important figure in an organization or outfit. •/The man will decide./
[man-about-town]{n. phr.} A sophisticate; an idler; a member of cafe society; one who knows where the best plays and concerts are given. •/Ask Mark where to go when you’re in New York City; he’s a real man-about-town./
[manger] See: DOG IN THE MANGER.
[man in the moon]{n. phr.} An imaginary or nonexistent person (often used to indicate a person of ignorance). •/Stop asking me such difficult questions about nuclear physics; I know as much about it as the man in the moon./
[man in the street]{n. phr.} The man who is just like most other men; the average man; the ordinary man. •/The newspaper took a poll of the man in the street./ Compare: JOE DOAKES, JOHN Q. PUBLIC.
[manner] See: ALL MANNER OF, TO THE MANNER BORN.
[man of few words]{n. phr.} A man who doesn’t talk very much; a man who says only what is needed. •/The principal is a man of few words, but the pupils know what he wants./
[man of his word]{n. phr.} A man who keeps his promises and does the things he agrees to do; a man who can be trusted. •/My uncle is a man of his word./
[man of letters]{n. phr.} A writer; an author; a scholar. •/Chekhov was not only a practicing physician but also a first-rate man of letters./
[man of means]{n. phr.} A rich person. •/He became a man of means by successfully playing the stock market./
[man of parts]{n. phr.}, {literary} A man who has several different skills, talents, or qualities. •/The pianist is a man of parts. He wrote the piece he played, and he also plays the organ and paints well./
[man-of-war]{n. phr.} 1. A stinging jellyfish in the Gulf of Mexico. •/"No swimming today," the sign said, "as we have a man-of-war alert."/ 2. A large battleship displaying its national flag or insignia. •/The shipwreck victims were picked up by an American man-of-war./ 3. The albatross bird. •/After several days at sea we noticed some men-of-war majestically sailing through the skies./