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Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary
make something up
▪ I. make sth up phrasal verb before or after object [ made sth up made sth up made sth up makes sth up making sth up ] INVENT 1. <I > to invent something, such as an excuse or a story, often in order to deceive • I made up an excuse about having to look after the kids. • My dad was always really good at making up stories. Thesaurus+: ↑Lies, lying and hypocrisy ↑Dishonest people • They made up an excuse not to go to the meeting. • She told us stories about her family, but they were all made up. • There was no fire - he made it all up. • If you can't think what to write, just make something up. • I made up a few words about his role in the company. PREPARE 2. to prepare or arrange something by putting different things together • Could you make up a list of all the things that need to be done? • He asked the man behind the counter to make up a box with a mixed selection of chocolates. • The maid will make up your room later. Thesaurus+: ↑Preparing 3. specialized to produce or prepare something from cloth • We could use the rest of the material to make up some curtains. Thesaurus+: ↑Creating and producing ↑Inventing, designing and innovation 4. specialized If you make up a page, book or newspaper, you arrange the text and pictures in the form in which they will be printed. Thesaurus+: ↑Printing and word processing 5. If you make up a bed for someone, you put sheets and covers on a bed so that they have a place to sleep in your home. Thesaurus+: ↑Preparing 6. UK If you make up a fire, you prepare it or put more wood or coal on it when it is burning. Thesaurus+: ↑Starting fires COMPLETE 7. to make an amount of something complete or correct • I have £20 000 and I need £25 000 but my parents have promised to make up the difference. • UK I suspect we were only invited to make up numbers (= to provide enough people). Thesaurus+: ↑Filling and completing REPLACE 8. to reduce or replace something, usually an amount of time or work, that has been lost • We're hoping to make up time on the return journey by not stopping at night. • You'll have to make up the work you've missed while you were away. Thesaurus+: ↑Filling and completing Main entry: makephrasal verb ▪ II. make (sb/sth) up phrasal verb before or after object [ made sb/sth up made sb/sth up made sb/sth up makes sb/sth up making sb/sth up ] to put make-up on your face, or on another person's face, to improve or change its appearance • She takes ages to make up in the mornings. • For the film, they made him up as an Indian. Thesaurus+: ↑Beauty treatments ↑Make-up and skin care Main entry: makephrasal verb
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