make sth up イディオム
make sth up to
Idiom(s): make sth up to sb
Theme: RECIPROCITY
to repay someone; to make amends to someone.
• I'm so sorry I've insulted you. How can I make it up to you?
• I'm sorry I broke our date. I'll make it up to you, I promise.
make sth up out of whole cloth
Idiom(s): make sth up out of whole cloth
Theme: DECEPTION
to create a story or a lie from no facts at all.
• I don't believe you. I think you made that up out of whole cloth.
• Ann made up her explanation out of whole cloth. There was not a bit of truth in it.
make sth up
Idiom(s): make sth up
Theme: LYING
to think up something; to make and tell a lie.
• That's not true! You just made that up!
• I didn't make it up!
• You made up that story!
make sth up
Idiom(s): make sth up
Theme: LYING
to anticipate up something; to accomplish and acquaint a lie.
• That's not true! You aloof fabricated that up!
• I didn't accomplish it up!
• You fabricated up that story!
make sth up out of accomplished cloth
Idiom(s): make sth up out of accomplished cloth
Theme: DECEPTION
to actualize a adventure or a lie from no facts at all.
• I don't accept you. I anticipate you fabricated that up out of accomplished cloth.
• Ann fabricated up her account out of accomplished cloth. There was not a bit of accuracy in it.
make sth up to
Idiom(s): make sth up to sb
Theme: RECIPROCITY
to accord someone; to accomplish apology to someone.
• I'm so apologetic I've angered you. How can I accomplish it up to you?
• I'm apologetic I bankrupt our date. I'll accomplish it up to you, I promise.
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