make up for (something)
idiom
: to do or have something as a way of correcting or improving (something else)
He wanted to make up for neglecting his children by spending more time with them.
She tried to make up for lost time by working extra hard.
What the movie lacks in plot it makes up for in special effects.
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Yes, but: Even that record-breaking rainfall couldn't make up for the lack of precipitation our region has experienced all summer, National Weather Service meteorologist Christine Aiena tells Axios.
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Alissa Widman Neese, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
But the abundant desert beauty, such as seeing shooting stars streaking over their home nearly every night, hearing coyotes howl and watching hawks swerve overhead, make up for it.
—Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
Developers have to make considerable modifications to their applications to make up for the feature gap between the old and the new database.
—Mike Waas, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
The Third Realm - A Novel By Karl Ove Knausgaard
As if to make up for the digression, The Third Realm (the title can also translate as The Third Reich—very on-brand for Knausgaard) is almost too closely tied to The Morning Star.
—Lev Grossman, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
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Alissa Widman Neese, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
But the abundant desert beauty, such as seeing shooting stars streaking over their home nearly every night, hearing coyotes howl and watching hawks swerve overhead, make up for it.
—Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
Developers have to make considerable modifications to their applications to make up for the feature gap between the old and the new database.
—Mike Waas, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
The Third Realm - A Novel By Karl Ove Knausgaard
As if to make up for the digression, The Third Realm (the title can also translate as The Third Reich—very on-brand for Knausgaard) is almost too closely tied to The Morning Star.
—Lev Grossman, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Make up for (something).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20up%20for%20%28something%29. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.
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