How to Use make it up in a Sentence
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But, who knows, maybe this case will make it up to the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve the split amongst the circuit.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 27 May 2022
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The inverter was struggling, and the TesTen couldn’t make it up the first sandy hill climb.
—Emme Hall, The Verge, 24 Feb. 2023
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Feel free to make it up to two days in advance; the flavors will meld as the salsa rests in the fridge.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2023
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To make it up to his sister, Jack offers to let Jill stay through Hanukkah.
—Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 29 Nov. 2022
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Martin is calling on the the academy to make it up to him.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2023
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So then we're forced to figure all this out and make it up ourselves.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 14 Oct. 2021
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And the singer may or may not make it up there in time after a Sunday concert in Brazil.
—Bychris Morris, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2023
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For an organ to work well, the majority of the cells that make it up need to function well.
—Ellen Quarles, Fortune Well, 7 July 2023
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Note that there is no oven in the kitchen, and the host says a four-wheel-drive vehicle is required to make it up the steep gravel road.
—Abigail Bailey, Good Housekeeping, 13 June 2023
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Note that there is no oven in the kitchen, and the host says a four-wheel-drive vehicle is required to make it up the steep gravel road.
—Abigail Bailey, Good Housekeeping, 13 June 2023
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Showers will then briefly make it up to Napa, Santa Rosa and Petaluma.
—Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2023
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Kyrgios was quick to make it up to the young fan, jogging off the court and retrieving a spare racket from his bag.
—Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com, 25 Jan. 2022
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She’s really got to make it up to Geralt and Ciri — or rather, prove that she can be trusted.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 27 June 2023
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Maybe the writers can make it up to Will with a gift for season five: a less nightmarish haircut.
—Brendan Morrow, The Week, 3 June 2022
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But artists used to small clubs or bars need to sacrifice a lot — gear, money, sleep, even band members — to make it up.
—Brendan Menapace, SPIN, 19 June 2023
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Madonna regrets the inconvenience to fans and hopes to make it up to those markets in the future.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 15 Aug. 2023
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Yet the behavior of the electorate as a whole is quite different from the behavior of most of the voters who make it up.
—New York Times, 27 Nov. 2021
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And of course, after cutting his tour short, Santa wanted to make it up to the townspeople.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2021
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The teams are scheduled to make it up in a split doubleheader on Saturday, but more snow was in the forecast.
—Wire Reports, BostonGlobe.com, 20 May 2022
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These penniless boys and men who make it up the ladder of American commerce do so through pluck and hard work.
—Alissa Quart, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2023
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Her daughter, Edie Syta, and her husband tried to reach her mother but could barely make it up their street.
—Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2022
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Cuevas would later make it up with an interception, one of three on the night for Valley Center.
—Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023
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But like the rickety rental car trying to make it up a hill, stones keep kicking up into the underbelly.
—Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 3 Oct. 2021
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After the elimination begins, Benja is the first to make it up to the well and easily dumps his bucket.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2023
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Why would a sophomore majoring in neuroscience at Duke make it up?
—Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2022
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Think of it this way: Someone who can barely make it up the stairs carrying a grocery bag isn’t going to be able to bench press 100 lbs in their first training session.
—Mike Moniz, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2021
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An Ohio teen missed her homecoming dance after undergoing surgery for a brain tumor, so a group of caregivers went out of their way to make it up to her.
—Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
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Unfortunately, Carrie can’t make it up the steps without the help of an umbrella turned cane.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2021
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But the California Highway Patrol’s online logs noted about 10:15 a.m. that lots of vehicles were stuck — even those with chains were not able to make it up the road.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2023
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The ambulance, an older electric vehicle, couldn’t make it up the hill on Nampaugh Road outside their home.
—New York Times, 11 Jan. 2022
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