on the make

The jokes skewed towards issues on the Make America Great Again agenda, including poking fun at gender terminology, "woke" young people and National Public Radio.

What they saw was a lonely old woman in need of a companion, and a cunning outsider on the make.

I confess it was more than a little jarring to see my beloved scatterbrained Mrs. Oliver turned into Fey’s stylish, fast-talking writer on the make.

It was a business city on the make, with “Bill Luck” — William Boeing and Bill Gates with Microsoft.

In the character’s long, tempting lines when he’s on the make, Mattei’s tone is buttery yet airy, as irresistible as it was when he first sang this role at the Met 20 years ago.