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Antonyms for made to
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : meyk |
Phonetic Transcription : meɪk |
Definition of made to
Origin :- Old English macian "to make, form, construct, do; prepare, arrange, cause; behave, fare, transform," from West Germanic *makon "to fashion, fit" (cf. Old Saxon makon, Old Frisian makia "to build, make," Middle Dutch and Dutch maken, Old High German mahhon "to construct, make," German machen "to make"), from PIE *mag- "to knead, mix; to fashion, fit" (see macerate). If so, sense evolution perhaps is via prehistoric houses built of mud. Gradually replaced the main Old English word, gewyrcan (see work (v.)).
- Meaning "to arrive at" (a place), first attested 1620s, originally was nautical. Formerly used in many places where specific verbs now are used, e.g. to make Latin (c.1500) "to write Latin compositions." This broader usage survives in some phrases, e.g. to make water "to urinate," to make a book "arrange a series of bets" (1828), make hay "to turn over mown grass to expose it to sun." Make the grade is 1912, perhaps from the notion of railway engines going up an incline.
- Read the valuable suggestions in Dr. C.V. Mosby's book -- be prepared to surmount obstacles before you encounter them -- equipped with the power to "make the grade" in life's climb. [advertisement for "Making the Grade," December 1916]
- But the phrase also was in use in a schoolwork context at the time. Make do "manage with what is available" is attested from 1867. Make time "go fast" is 1849; make tracks in this sense is from 1834. To make a federal case out of (something) popularized in 1959 movie "Anatomy of a Murder;" to make an offer (one) can't refuse is from Mario Puzo's 1969 novel "The Godfather." To make (one's) day is from 1909; menacing make my day is from 1971, popularized by Clint Eastwood in film "Sudden Impact" (1983). Related: Made; making.
- As in approach : verb make request, suggestion
- As in cajole : verb attempt to coax; flatter
- As in fawn : verb ingratiate oneself to; serve
- As in grovel : verb abase, demean oneself
Synonyms for made to
- abase
- accost
- address
- advise
- appeal to
- apple polish
- apple-polish
- apply to
- argue into
- banter
- be at beck and call
- be obsequious
- be servile
- beg
- beg for mercy
- beguile
- beseech
- blandish
- bootlick
- bow
- bow and scrape
- brown-nose
- brownnose
- buddy up
- build up
- butter up
- cajole
- cater to
- cave in to
- con
- confer
- consult
- cotton
- court
- cower
- crawl
- creep
- cringe
- crouch
- crowd
- curry favor
- debase
- deceive
- decoy
- defer
- delude
- dupe
- eat crow
- eat dirt
- eat humble pie
- entice
- entrap
- entreat
- fall all over
- fall on one's knees
- fawn
- feel
- feel one out
- flatter
- get around
- get next to
- give a play
- give a tumble
- greet
- grovel
- hand a line
- honey up
- humble oneself
- humor
- implore
- induce
- influence
- inveigle
- invite
- jolly
- kiss one's feet
- kneel
- kowtow
- lay it on
- lay it on thick
- lick boots
- lure
- make advance
- make much of
- make overture
- make up to
- maneuver
- massage
- mislead
- oil
- pamper
- pander
- pay court
- play up to
- plead
- propose
- prostrate
- push
- revere
- rub the right way
- scrape
- seduce
- slaver
- snivel
- snow
- soap
- soft-soap
- soften
- sound out
- speak to
- spread it on
- stoop
- stroke
- submit
- suck up to
- supplicate
- sweet-talk
- sweeten up
- take aside
- talk to
- tantalize
- tempt
- thumb
- toady
- truckle
- tumble
- urge
- wheedle
- woo
- work on
- work over
- yes
- yield
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