make something of it
idiom
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?
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Glad these fans were able to go and make something of it; but FIFA should have given León fans refunds, no question.
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Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 17 June 2025
New York looked like a team that not only didn’t want its season to end in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals, but could pull off the impossible, recover from a 3-1 series deficit and then go into finals and make something of it.
—James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 30 May 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
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Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 17 June 2025
New York looked like a team that not only didn’t want its season to end in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals, but could pull off the impossible, recover from a 3-1 series deficit and then go into finals and make something of it.
—James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 30 May 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
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“Make something of it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20something%20of%20it. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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