make+amends

  • 31make — v 1. fabricate, manufacture, produce, mint; construct, build, assemble, set up; erect, elevate, raise, rear, put up; mold, form, fashion, model, shape, frame; create, invent, originate, devise, contrive, compose, write, put together; cast, block …

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  • 32amends — [əˈmendz] noun make amends to try to make a situation better after you have done something wrong[/ex] …

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  • 33amends — n. Phrases and idioms: make amends (often foll. by for) compensate or make up (for). Etymology: ME f. OF amendes penalties, fine, pl. of amende reparation f. amender AMEND …

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  • 34make — Synonyms and related words: Platonic form, Platonic idea, abide by, abscond, accomplish, achieve, acquire, act, add up to, adhere to, administer, aesthetic form, affect, affirm, aftermath, aggressive, agree to, alter, amount to, anatomy, animus,… …

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  • 35make good — Synonyms and related words: abide by, accomplish, achieve success, act up to, adhere to, advance, afford proof of, amend, arrive, ascertain, atone, atone for, attend to, be a success, be faithful to, break through, bring home to, bring to… …

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  • 36make up to — Synonyms and related words: act on, act up to, agree to anything, answer, approach, atone, bear for, bear up for, bear up to, bear upon, break for, break the ice, brown nose, communicate with, contact, correspond, court, cultivate, curry favor,… …

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  • 37make up for — 1 she tried to make up for what she d said: ATONE FOR, make amends for, compensate for, make recompense for, make reparation for, make redress for, make restitution for, expiate. 2 job satisfaction can make up for low pay: OFFSET, counterbalance …

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  • 38make up for — 1) she tried to make up for what she d said Syn: atone for, make amends for, compensate for, make recompense for, make reparation for, make redress for, make restitution for, expiate 2) job satisfaction can make up for low pay Syn: offset,… …

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  • 39make up for — • to make up for smth • to atone for smth • to repair one s fault • to repair one s wrong • to make amends for smth compensate for a loss or mistake I have to work hard in order to make up for the loss from the poor sales. (from Idioms in Speech) …

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  • 40amends — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: Middle English amendes, from Anglo French, plural of amende reparation, from amender Date: 14th century compensation for a loss or injury ; recompense < make amends > …

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