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make up

To invent a story or become friends again.

Meanings of «make up»

1 · verb

to become friendly again after an argument

We had a big fight, but we decided to make up.

2 · verb

to invent an untrue story or excuse

He tried to make up an excuse for being late.

Similar: inventfabricateconcoct

3 · verb

to form or constitute a whole

Women make up most of the staff at our school.

Similar: constituteformcomprise

Translation

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«make up» in 17 languages
AR العربية
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HI हिन्दी
ID Indonesia
JA 日本語
KO 한국어
PT Português
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TR Türkçe
UK Українська
UZ O‘zbek
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