make it up

idiom

chiefly British

: to become friendly again after being angry

She's trying to make it up with him.

Examples of make it up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Times has learned that the concerts were canceled due to logistical issues with the promoter and that action may be taken to make it up to the affected locations. —Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024

Hopefully, the New Orleans rapper’s beloved Lakers can make it up to him during his next trip to Crypto.com Arena. —Michael Saponara, Billboard, 1 Mar. 2024

In his driveway, Idris showed another spot where the family had felled a tree to allow his mother, who can’t make it up the ladder, to squeeze through a fence. —Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024

But the property was so overgrown that their sedan couldn’t make it up the driveway, as though nature were guarding the family’s secrets. —Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024

Phoebe sadly learns that her dead Christmas trees go into the chopper, and Ross accidentally breaks a Girl Scout's (Mae Whitman) leg and is forced to sell the cookies himself to make it up to her. —Eric Todisco, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023

Also a standout is Wendy Maples as Claire, Catherine’s older sister, who has escaped the burden of caring for their dad but hopes to make it up to Catherine by inviting her to come live with her in New York. —Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2023

And the singer may or may not make it up there in time after a Sunday concert in Brazil. —Bychris Morris, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2023

Cuevas would later make it up with an interception, one of three on the night for Valley Center. —Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023