make something of it

phrase

informal

: to treat something as a reason for arguing or being angry

—used in speech as an angry way of telling someone that one is prepared to fight or argue about something

Yes, I got home late last night. Do you want to make something of it?

Examples of make something of it in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Part of the whole DNA of my work as a director is to work on trauma and make something of it. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 22 Sep. 2025

Glad these fans were able to go and make something of it; but FIFA should have given León fans refunds, no question. — Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 17 June 2025

Parton never lost her ability to hear the beat, and to make something of it. — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020

Rhymes for make something of it

• acquit
• admit
• armpit
• backlit
• befit
• cockpit
• commit
• dalit
• dendrite
• emit
• illite
• misfit