Make friends
Form a friendship, foster cordial feelings, as in I hope Brian will soon make friends at school, or She’s done a good job of making friends with influential reporters. [ c. 1600 ]
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- Make-good
[goo d] /gʊd/ adjective, better, best. 1. morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man. 2. satisfactory in quality, quantity, or degree: a good teacher; good health. 3. of high quality; excellent. 4. right; proper; fit: It is good that you are here. His credentials are good. 5. well-behaved: a good child. 6. kind, beneficent, […]
- Make goo-goo eyes
verb phrase To look at someone longingly, lovingly, seductively, etc: make goo-goo eyes near a tropical lagoon (1900+)
- Make good time
Travel far in a short time, as in We made good time, getting to Vermont in only four hours. [ Late 1800s ]
- Make hamburger out of someone
verb phrase To defeat definitively; trounce; clobber: They made hamburger out of the wilting opposition [entry form 1980s+, mincemeat variant 1708+; make meat of, ”to kill,” is found by 1841]
- Make great strides
Advance considerably, make good progress, as in He made great strides in his study of Latin. Since its earliest recorded use in 1600, this expression has taken a number of forms—make a wide stride, take strides, make rapid strides. All of them transfer a long walking step to other kinds of progress.