make for

verb

made for; making for; makes for

1

: to go toward (a place) quickly

Everyone made for the exit as soon as the show was over.

After he left the office he made straight for home.

2

: to cause (something) to happen or to be more likely

Courtesy makes for safer driving.

Examples of make for in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Barrels falling through the cracks, while not impossible, doesn’t exactly make for stable business at scale. —David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026

The shoe was seemingly made for me, with its smooth, soft leather, narrow silhouette, and V-cut vamp, which resembles a polished, glove ballet flat. —Irene Richardson, InStyle, 21 June 2026

From the performances by Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott to the heart-wrenching score by Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch and the gentle script by Haigh, this makes for one of my favorite films of the 2020s. —Staff Report, Oc Register, 21 June 2026

That makes for a battle among Amazon, Alphabet, Anthropic and OpenAI. —Jim Cramer, CNBC, 21 June 2026

Rhymes for make for

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