Make a statement
Create a certain impression; communicate an idea or mood without using words. For example, The furnishings here make a statement about the company. [ Mid-1900s ]
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verb phrase To exhibit anger, indignation, fiery temper, hysterics, etc, in a public outburst: I asked her to be quiet and not make a scene/ Why don’t these pay cable services make a public stink about the Time Inc-Manhattan Cable monopoly?/ ”I never made a big stink about it,” says Righetti (entry form 1804+, variant […]
- Make a thing of
verb To overexaggerate the importance of something •Usu used in the nega-tive: Don’t make a thing about my going to Monday Night Football (1934+)
- Make away
verb (intransitive, adverb) 1. to depart in haste 2. make away with
- Makeba
/məˈkeɪbə/ noun 1. Miriam. 1932–2008, South African singer and political activist; banned from South Africa from 1960 to 1990
- Make bail
Put up security as an assurance that someone released from prison will appear for trial, as in He didn’t think he could make bail for his brother. The use of bail for “security” was first recorded in 1495.