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star. The alchemists tried to make base metal into gold. 10
become, be, change or turn or grow into, perform as: I think
Quentin will make a brilliant surgeon one day. 11 serve as or
for, be suitable for, be, prove to be, turn out to be, turn
into, become: This cut of meat will not make a good roast. 12
fetch, realize, earn, return: The locket made œ1000 at the
auction. 13 score, earn, secure: The West Indies made 654 in
their first innings. 14 reach, arrive at, attain, get (to),
win, achieve, accomplish; come in, Brit be placed, US place:
Fran might make first place in the marathon. 15 prepare,
arrange, rearrange, tidy (up), neaten (up): You have made your
bed, now you will have to lie on it. 16 record, arrange, fix,
decide (on or upon), agree (to): I made an appointment to see
the doctor. 17 prepare, fix, cook: I made what you like for
dinner. 18 deliver, present: Janet made a good speech. 19
traverse, cover, do, travel, navigate: We cannot make more than
100 miles a day over this terrain. 20 do, go, travel or move
at, move: His old banger could hardly make 40 m.p.h. 21 judge,
think, calculate, estimate, reckon, gauge, suppose: What do you
make of Sidney's new book? 22 establish, set up, organize: We
made our headquarters in the farmhouse. 23 appoint, name,
select, choose, elect, vote (in as), designate, authorize,
commission, delegate, depute, deputize, assign, sanction,
approve, affirm, certify, confirm: They made him their leader.
24 seduce, make it with: Kenneth tried to make Sharon last
night. 25 make as if or as though. pretend, feign, act as if or
as though, affect, make a show or pretence of, give the
impression of: He made as if to strike me. 26 make away. run
off or away, flee, fly, make off, abscond, take to one's heels,
decamp, beat a (hasty) retreat, Colloq run for it, make a run
for it, beat it, clear out, cut and run, skedaddle, take off,
cut out, skip (town), make tracks, US fly the coop, Slang scram,
vamoose, US hightail it, take a (run-out) powder: Taking the
jewels, he made away as fast as he could run. 27 make away
with. steal, rob, filch, pilfer, purloin, walk away or off with,
Colloq borrow, liberate, boost, Slang pinch, hook, swipe, rip
off, lift, US boost: That boy has made away with my cherry
tarts! 28 make believe. pretend, fancy, play-act, dream,
fantasize, imagine, act as if: We used to make believe we were
grown-ups. 29 make do. get by or along, cope, scrape by or
along, manage, muddle through, survive, Colloq make out: We
have to make do on the pittance Randolph gets from the
university. 30 make for. a head for or towards, aim for, steer