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Phrase(s): make something (out) of something
1. Lit. to make something out of parts or raw materials. • I will make the cake out of the very best ingredients. • Can you make a salad out of these vegetables? 2. Fig. to make an interpretation of something. • Can you make anything out of this message? I don’t understand it. • I’m sorry, I can’t make any sense out of it. 3. Fig. to interpret something negatively. (See also make something of something.) • The hostess made too much out of my absence., Phrase(s): make something of something
1. to make an interpretation of something. • What do you make of this letter? • Look through this and see what sense you make of it. 2. to turn an incident into a dispute. (Usually with it. Often as an invitation to fight. See also make something (out) of something.) • Do you want to make something of it? • He looks like he wants to make something of it.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs