make someone
make (one)
To identify one as a criminal or wrongdoer. Often used in passive constructions. You made sure nobody could make you while you stole the documents, right? By the time I realized I had been made, I could already hear the police sirens coming toward me.
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make someone
tv. to identify someone. The cop stared at Bart and tried to make him, but failed to identify him and let him go.
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Researchers at Stanford University have claimed that making someone smile is as good for the giver as it is for the receiver and if one sets out to
make someone happy, instead of just smile, then they will probably fail, ABC News reported.
So, even if high-glycemic foods
make someone hungrier, the rest of the meal will usually contain a variety of foods that will soften the effect.
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