make up with

Example Sentences

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“These kids pick up things really fast and what they may lack in age, they make up with the aptitude being able to understand instruction,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2022

Dombrowski’s Phillies built a $228 million roster around high-priced sluggers, a team that was built with the expectation that it would make up with power what it conceded on defense and in the bullpen.

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2022

Unal Cevikoz, a retired ambassador, said countries such as Egypt and Israel, long at odds with Erdogan, were in no rush to make up with him.

From Reuters • Dec. 20, 2021

“While there is still time between now and then, Sinema has ground to make up with her constituents in the next three years.”

From Washington Times • Nov. 22, 2021

“She didn’t talk to him for weeks after he started going out with me! But I suppose she wants to make up with him now he’s all interesting...”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling