make an appointment

1. To set an official date and time at which to meet or deal with someone (or be met or dealt with by someone else). Please talk to the receptionist—he'll make an appointment for your next visit. Unless you've made an appointment, I'm afraid there's no chance your case will be dealt with today.

2. To assign someone to a role, position, or office as part of one's responsibilities. (Said of politicians.) The president has been unable to make an appointment ever since his party lost control of the senate.

make an appointment (with someone)

to schedule a meeting with someone. I made an appointment with the doctor for late today. The professor wouldn't see me unless I made an appointment.

make an appointment

1. Assign someone to a particular office or position, as in When the head of White House security resigned, it was up to the President to make an appointment . [Mid-1800s]

2. Schedule a meeting with someone, as in Do I need to make another appointment with the doctor? [Mid-1700s]

See also: an, make

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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PS150,000 for missing the GP

Cancellations by the patient or the hospital have now overtaken "noshows" as the most common reasons for an appointment not going ahead.

One in 12 patients fail to turn up for their hospital dates

Figures show patients at hospitals covering the area did not attend one in 13 booked appointments (7.8%) in 2017/18.

Patients failed to turn up to more than 300,000 hospital appointments last year; Worst offenders are the 20 to 29 age group

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New NHS text pilot service to start