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.
More meanings in the appSimilar 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.