Make+a+claim

  • 31claim — [13] The etymological notion behind claim is of ‘calling out’. It comes from claim , the present stem of Old French clamer, which goes back to Latin clāmāre ‘cry out, shout’ (whose derived noun clāmor is the source of English clamour [14]).… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 32claim — [13] The etymological notion behind claim is of ‘calling out’. It comes from claim , the present stem of Old French clamer, which goes back to Latin clāmāre ‘cry out, shout’ (whose derived noun clāmor is the source of English clamour [14]).… …

    Word origins

  • 33make out — informal 1) how did you make out? Syn: get on/along, fare, do, proceed, go, progress, manage, survive, cope, get by 2) I could just make out a figure in the distance Syn: see, discer …

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  • 34make something out — 1 I could just make out a figure in the distance: SEE, discern, distinguish, perceive, pick out, detect, observe, recognize; poetic/literary descry, espy. 2 he couldn t make out what she was saying …

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  • 35make something out — 1) I could just make out a figure in the distance Syn: see, discern, distinguish, detect, observe, recognize 2) he couldn t make out what she was saying Syn: understand, grasp, follow, work out, make …

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  • 36make — verb Make is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑batsman, ↑company, ↑factory, ↑firm, ↑picture, ↑recipe, ↑sale Make is used with these nouns as the object: ↑accommodation, ↑accompaniment, ↑accusation, ↑ …

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  • 37make room for tea —    to urinate    A jocular and almost genteel usage, although based on flawed physiology. You may also claim to be making room for it, another beer, etc.:     Knock that back and have another. I ll make room for it first if you don t mind. (Amis …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 38make for — verb a) To set out to go (someplace); to move towards. He makes for England, there to claim the crown. b) To tend to produce or result in. [H]e disapp …

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  • 39make something good — 1》 compensate for loss, damage, or expense. 2》 fulfil a promise or claim. → good …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 40Form 843: Claim For Refund And Request For Abatement — A tax form distributed by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to claim a refund for certain taxes, interest and penalties. Individual taxpayers can use Form 843 to request, for example, a refund of Social Security or Medicare taxes withheld in… …

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