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Phrase(s): make up for someone or something
1. to take the place of someone or something. • John can’t play in the game Saturday, but I think I can make up for him. • Do you think that this cat can make up for the one that ran away? 2. to compensate for someone or something someone did. • We all had to do extra work to make up for Harry, who was very tired from being out late the night before. • We will certainly make up for what we failed to do.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs