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Make for

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Verb
  1. 1
    To set out to go (somewhere); to move towards. idiomatic

    "He makes for England, there to claim the crown."

  2. 2
    cause to happen or to occur as a consequence wordnet
  3. 3
    To tend to produce or result in. idiomatic

    "It was such a day as one dreams about, with that pleasant warmth in the air that makes for indolent content."

  4. 4
    To identify; to connect. idiomatic

    "I don't agree, but they make him for a criminal."

  5. 5
    To confirm, favour, strengthen (an opinion, theory, etc.). idiomatic, rare

    "Secondly, we will examine the Cœlestiall Phœnomena that make for the Copernican Hypothesis, as if it were to prove absolutely victorious; […]"

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  1. 6
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, for.

    "I made this picture for my Dad."

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