Dad made as if to chase me out of the room.
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He made as if to speak.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
make a clean breast of something — phrase to tell the truth about something wrong that you have done so that you can stop feeling guilty about it Thesaurus: to admit you are wrong or have done something wrongsynonym Main entry: clean * * * I see clean I … Useful english dictionary
make a production (out) of (something) — to make something seem more complicated or difficult than it is. It s only a couple of hours work. Do you have to make such a production of it? Related vocabulary: blow something out of all proportion, make a mountain out of a molehill … New idioms dictionary
make a bad fist of something — make a bad/poor fist of (something/doing something) British & Australian, old fashioned make a good fist of (something/doing something) to do something well. Our lawyer made a poor fist of advising us … New idioms dictionary
make a poor fist of something — make a bad/poor fist of (something/doing something) British & Australian, old fashioned make a good fist of (something/doing something) to do something well. Our lawyer made a poor fist of advising us … New idioms dictionary
make a mess of doing something — make a mess of (doing) something phrase to make a lot of mistakes when you are doing or dealing with something Tom felt he had made a mess of his life. Thesaurus: to make a mistake, or to do something badlysynonym Main entry: mess … Useful english dictionary
make a production (out) of something — informal phrase to make something more difficult, complicated, or noticeable than is necessary Thesaurus: to make something more obvious or noticeablesynonym Main entry: production … Useful english dictionary
make a point of doing something — phrase to be certain that you do something, usually in an obvious way From then on he made a point of avoiding her. Thesaurus: to carry out a plansynonym Main entry: point * * * make a ˈpoint of doing sth idiom to be or … Useful english dictionary
make (a) great play of (something) — to do something in a way that makes people notice what you are doing, often in order to make it seem more important than it really is. She made great play of ignoring me when I spoke to her … New idioms dictionary
make a practice of doing something — make a practice of (doing something) to do something regularly or as a habit. I don t make a practice of recommending restaurants, but this one is really special … New idioms dictionary
make (out) a case for something — make (out) a case for (something/doing something) to give good reasons why something should be done. You ve certainly made out a case for us buying a dishwasher … New idioms dictionary
