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err vi (formal) to make mistakes; to do or to be wrong, e. g. To err is human. 
5. make vt/i 1) (used with a large number of nouns in special senses) to make a clean 
breast of; to make a full disclosure or confession, e. g. Susan is going to make a clean 
breast of her extravagance as soon as her husband gets home.
to make ends meet to live within one's income, e. g. The Evans family found it very 
difficult to make ends meet after the birth of the new baby.
to make haste to hurry, e. g. Make haste or we shall miss the train. If you don't make 
haste, the stores will be closed, (the most frequent uses are in the present and the 
imperative)
to make head or tail (of smth) to understand, to make sense of it (colloq.), e. g. I have 
read the document through three times, but I cant make head or tail of it.
to make it to get to a destination or an appointment in time (si or eolloq,), e, g. I had 
hoped to get to the meeting, but I found at the last minute that I couldn't make it.
to make much of to make a great fuss of, e. g. The newspapers all made much of his 
achievement.
2)
(used with adverbial particles and prepositions).
to make smth of smb (smth) to understand, interpret, e. g. What are we to make of his 
behaviour?
to make off to run away, to bolt, e. g. The thieves smashed the shop window and made 
off with a large amount of jewelry.
to make smth out 1) to write out, e. g. Make out a cheque for $ 10. 2) to manage to see, 
read, e. g. We made out a figure in the darkness. The outline of the house could just be 
made out. 3) to understand, e. g. I can't make out what he wants. She's a strange sort of 
person; I can't make her put.
to make up 1) to compose; invent, e. g. The teacher asked the children to make up a 
poem about their summer holidays.

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2) to use cosmetics (in ordinary life and on the stage), e. g. At one time it was not 
considered good taste for women to make up. 3) to become reconciled after a quarrel, e. 
g. When a quarrel has been made up, the best thing to do is to forget it.