make sense of

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make (some) sense (out) of someone or something

to understand someone or something. I can't make sense out of Doris and what she has done! No one can make sense out of Tom's story.

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Understanding statistics has become the key to understanding the world, and Campbell hopes to give readers what they need to make sense of bars, pies, numbers, percentages, and much more. The Layman's Guide to Making Sense of Statistics by Buhle, Willis M. / Reviewer's Bookwatch			Make no mistake! make no move make noises make noises about make nonsense of make nothing of make odd bedfellows make oneself at home make oneself conspicuous make oneself heard make oneself miserable make oneself scarce make or break make out like a bandit make out of nothing make overtures about doing make peace with make position clear make presence felt make ready to make room make rounds make scarce make seem like a picnic make sense make sense of make sheep's eyes at make short work of make sick make sit up and take notice make skin crawl make something of make something out of nothing make stick make sure make the arrangements make the bed make the best of make the best of a bad job make the best of a bad situation make the fur fly make the grade make the most of make the right noises make the rounds make the scapegoat for make the scene make the team make tick make time make time for			make rings around make rings around make rings round make rings round make rings round make rings round make rings round make room make rounds make rounds make routine make sad make safe make safe make sail make sail make sail make salubrious make scandal make scarce make scarce make scarce make secret arrangements make secret observations make seem like a picnic make self-conscious make sense make sense make sense make sense make sense of make sensible make sheep's eyes at make sheep's eyes at make sheep's eyes at make sheep's eyes at make sheep's eyes at make short work of make sick make sightless make sit up and take notice make skin crawl make skin crawl make skin crawl make skin crawl make skin crawl make smaller make so bold make so bold make so bold as make so bold as make so bold as to do make so bold as to do something make solemn make solemn affirmation make solid Make Some Noise make someone a trustee of make someone mad make someone over make someone sick at heart

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