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makeup

Cosmetics (stress on make).

All the actors and actresses put on a lot of makeup.

Attributive auxiliary in lieu of, or belated.

The professor gave a makeup to the sick students.

many hands make light work

If many people work together, even a hard job becomes easier. A proverb.

Come on boys, many hands make light work. If we work together, we can finish painting the barn.

not to know what to make of

To be unable to decipher; be unable to identify; not know how to decide what something really is.

I got a mysterious letter asking me to meet Santa Claus at 6 P.M. at the supermarket. Is this a joke? I don't know what to make of it.

on the make

Promiscuous or aggressive in one's sexual advances.

I can't stand Murray; he's always on the make.

Pushing to get ahead in one's career; doing anything to succeed.

The new department head is a young man on the make, who expects to be company president in ten years.

put in an appearance

make an appearance

To be present, esp. for a short time; visit; appear.

He put in an appearance at work, but he was too ill to stay.

The president put in an appearance at several dances the evening after he was sworn in.

run for it

make a run for it

To dash for safety; make a speedy escape.

The bridge the soldiers were on started to fall down and they had to run for it.

The policeman shouted for the robber to stop, but the robber made a run for it.

screw up

make a mess of

To make a mess of, to make an error which causes confusion.

The treasurer screwed up the accounts of the Society so badly that he had to be fired.

To cause someone to be neurotic or maladjusted.

Her divorce screwed her up so badly that she had to go to a shrink.

that makes two of us

Informal way to say, I am in agreement with what you are saying or doing.

So you voted for Senator Aldridge? So did I - that makes two of us.