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make-up
verbs
wear make-up
• They’re not allowed to wear make-up to school.
have make-up on
(= be wearing make-up )
• She had no make-up on.
use make-up
• She rarely uses make-up.
put on make-up
( also apply make-up formal )
• Gloria watched her mother put on her make-up.
do your make-up
(= put on make-up )
• I’ll do your make-up for you, if you want.
take off make-up
( also remove make-up formal )
• Take off eye make-up gently, using a cotton ball.
touch up/fix your make-up
(= put a little more make-up on after some has come off )
• She went into the bathroom to touch up her makeup.
smudge your make-up
(= accidentally rub it so that it spreads to areas where you do not want it )
• Grace wiped her eyes, smudging her make-up.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + make-up
heavy make-up
(= a lot of make-up )
• a girl in high heels and heavy make-up
eye make-up
• She was wearing far too much eye make-up.
stage make-up
(= make-up that actors wear in plays )
• the elaborate stage make-up for ‘The Lion King’
pancake make-up
(= very thick make-up worn by actors )
• His face was covered by thick pancake makeup.
make-up + NOUN
a make-up artist
(= someone whose job is to put make-up on actors )
• the chief make-up artist on the film
transnet.ir
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1. Put together, construct or compose, as in The druggist made up the prescription, or The tailor said he could make up a suit from this fabric. This usage was first recorded in 1530. 2. Constitute, form, as in One hundred years make up a century. [Late 1500s] 3. Change one's appearance; apply cosmetics. For example, He made himself up as an old man. [c. 1800] 4. Devise a fiction or falsehood; invent. For example, Mary is always making up stories for her children, or Is that account true or did you make it up? This usage was first recorded in 1828. 5. Compensate for, provide for a deficiency, as in Can you make up the difference in the bill? or What he lacks in height he makes up in skill. This usage was first recorded in 1538. Also see MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME. 6. Repeat a course, take a test or do an assignment at a later time because of previous absence or failure. For example, Steve will have to make up calculus this summer, or The professor is letting me make up the exam tomorrow. 7. Also, make it up. Resolve a quarrel, as in The Sweeneys argue a lot but they always make up before going to sleep, or Will you two ever make it up? The first usage was first recorded in 1699, the variant in 1669. 8. Put in order, as in We asked them to make up the room for us, or Can you make up another bed in this room? [Early 1800s] Also see the subsequent idioms beginning with MAKE UP.
American Heritage Idioms
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Phrase(s): make up
to put on makeup. • I have to go make up before Joe comes to pick me up., Phrase(s): make something up
1. to redo something; to do something that one has failed to do in the past. • Can I make the lost time up? • Can I make up the test that I missed? 2. to assemble something. • We will ship the parts to China where we will make up the computers with cheap labor. (See also make the bed (up).) • Have they finished making up the pages for the next edition of the magazine? 3. to think up something; to make and tell a lie. • That’s not true! You just made that up! • I didn’t make it up! • You made up that story! 4. to mix something up; to assemble something. • John: Is my prescription ready? Druggist: No, I haven’t made it up yet. • I’ll make up your prescription in a minute., Phrase(s): make up something
to constitute something. (See also make something up.) • Two chapters make up this volume. • Over forty freight cars made up the train., Phrase(s): make up (with someone)
to reconcile with someone; to end a disagreement (with someone). • Bill and Max decided to make up. • They made up with each other and are now very good friends., Phrase(s): make someone up
to put makeup on someone. • You have to make the clowns up before you start on the other characters in the play. • Did you make up the clowns?, Phrase(s): make (oneself) up
to put makeup on oneself. • I have to make up now. I go on stage in ten minutes. • I will make myself up. I don’t need your help., Phrase(s): make up (to someone)
1. to apologize to someone. • It’s too late to make up to me. • I think you should go make up to Jerry. 2. to try to become friends with someone. • Look how the cat is making up to Richard! • Jimmy is making up to Donna, and she doesn’t even notice.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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noun cosmetics ADJ. heavy, thick | eye | stage VERB + MAKE-UP use, wear I never wear make-up. | apply, put on | remove, take off | touch up | smudge MAKE-UP + NOUN artist, girl | remover sb's character ADJ. genetic, physical, psychological PHRASES part of sb's make-up Jealousy is not part of his make-up.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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make-up
coloured substances that are put on your face to improve or change your appearance:
• I don’t usually wear much make-up.
cosmetics
creams, powders etc that you use on your face and body in order to look more attractive:
• a range of cosmetics and toiletries
lipstick
a substance you use for adding colour to your lips, in the shape of a small stick:
• She was wearing bright red lipstick.
eyeshadow
coloured cream or powder that you put on your eyelids
eyeliner
something you use for adding a line of colour at the edges of your eyelids to make your eyes look bigger or more noticeable
mascara
a dark substance you use to colour your eyelashes and make them look thicker
blusher
( also blush American English , rouge old-fashioned ) red or pink cream or powder used for making your cheeks look slightly more pink
foundation
a cream the same colour as your skin that you put on your face before the rest of your make-up
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