Make head or tail of
see: can’t make head or tail of
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- Make history
Do something memorable or spectacular enough to influence the course of history, as in That first space flight made history. [ Mid-1800s ]
- Make inroads into
Encroach on, advance at another’s expense, as in The Japanese rapidly made inroads into the computer-chip market. The noun inroad originally meant “an invasion.” [ Late 1600s ]
- Make it big
verb phrase To succeed extraordinarily well •Big in this adverbial sense is found by 1886 (1960s+)
- Make it hot for someone
verb phrase To makethingsunpleasantforsomeone: Maybeifwemake it hot for them they’ll leave/ citizens of obvious substance, who might make things hot for them (1830+)
- Make it up
see under make up