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Make up meaning

Make up is a phrasal verb with 10 meanings. One of them is to forgive another person and restore friendly relations after a disagreement.

Past simple
made up
Past participle
made up
-ing form
making up

What make up means

become friendly againB1

To forgive another person and restore friendly relations after a disagreement

They argued yesterday but made up this morning.

9 more meanings of make up are in the Retite app, each with an example and a translation into your language.

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Similar phrasal verbs

With make: make out, make for, make something into something, make off, make off with, make over, make towards, make up for, make too much of, make something over to someone.

With up: wake up, pick up, grow up, line up, set up, put up, go up, bring up, mess up, break up.

Common questions

What does make up mean?

It has 10 meanings. One of them is to forgive another person and restore friendly relations after a disagreement. The other 9, each with an example and a translation into your language, are in the Retite app.

What is the past tense of make up?

Made up, which is also its past participle.

Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.

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