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  • 91make one's presence felt — Ⅰ. ► make one s presence felt have a strong influence on a situation. Main Entry: ↑presence Ⅱ. ► make oneself (or one s presence) felt have a noticeable effect. Main Entry: ↑feel …

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  • 92make someone's acquaintance — To meet and become familiar with a person one has not met before • • • Main Entry: ↑acquaint * * * make someone’s acquaintance phrase to meet someone for the first time I’d been looking forward to making her acquaintance for a long time.… …

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  • 93make common cause — (often with with) to unite for a common object • • • Main Entry: ↑cause * * * make common cause (with someone) formal phrase to work together with a person, group etc that you do not usually agree with, in order to achieve a shared aim Several… …

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  • 94make a pig's ear of — see ↑pig1 • • • Main Entry: ↑ear * * * Brit., informal handle ineptly * * * make a pig s ear (out) of Brit informal : to do or manage something badly He has made a pig s ear of his reelection campaign …

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  • 95make the feathers fly — To create a turmoil or uproar • • • Main Entry: ↑feather make the feathers fly see under ↑feather • • • Main Entry: ↑fly …

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  • 96make the headlines — make/hit/grab/the headlines phrase to become famous by being reported in the news Thesaurus: to publish something, or to be publishedsynonym newshyponym Main entry …

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  • 97make a play for something — phrase to try and get something such as an important job or position Jim made a play for head of department, but didn’t succeed. Thesaurus: to try hard to do or get somethingsynonym Main entry: play * * * make a ˈplay for sb/sth idiom …

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  • 98make a silk purse out of a sow's ear — make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear phrase to try to improve a person or object that cannot be changed Thesaurus: not possiblesynonym Main entry: silk * * * make a silk ˌpurse out of a sow s ˈear f8 idiom to succeed in making sth good out of… …

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  • 99make free with something — british phrase to use something that does not belong to you as though it does belong to you Don’t you think the owner will have something to say about your making free with his belongings? Thesaurus: to borrow somethingsynonym to use something,… …

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  • 100make short work of something — make short/light/quick/work of something phrase to deal with or get rid of something quickly and easily You made short work of that sandwich! Thesaurus: to do something quickly and/or easilysynonym …

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