make it up

idiom

chiefly British

: to become friendly again after being angry

She's trying to make it up with him.

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Phoebe sadly learns that her dead Christmas trees go into the chopper, and Ross accidentally breaks Girl Scout Sarah Tuttle's (Mae Whitman) leg and is forced to sell the cookies himself to make it up to her. —

Eric Todisco, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024 Democracy is the bedrock of our nation and so voters deserve to have control over their government and the officials that make it up. —

Maria Sachs, Sun Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2024 Playing as characters like a MAGA grandma, a QAnon shaman, or a pink-haired rockstar, participants work their way around the board collecting ballots, aiming to get enough to make it up the golden ladder to join Donald Trump on his helicopter. —

Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024 For those who can’t make it up to the Baltic Sea, there is The Canvas NYC Flagship in the Westfield World Trade Center in New York City. —

Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for make it up