How to Use make it up to (someone) in a Sentence

make it up to (someone)

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  • Feel free to make it up to two days in advance; the flavors will meld as the salsa rests in the fridge.
    Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Whatever is decided, the Jets have to make it up to their fans.
    Dennis Waszak Jr., courant.com, 21 Dec. 2020
  • Kyrgios was quick to make it up to the young fan, jogging off the court and retrieving a spare racket from his bag.
    Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Krispy Kreme wants to make it up to you for its problems with online orders earlier this month.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Madonna regrets the inconvenience to fans and hopes to make it up to those markets in the future.
    Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Dad’s bum dealt with a lot this quarantine due to toilet paper shortages, but this easy-to-install bidet will make it up to him.
    Braelyn Wood, Health.com, 11 June 2020
  • And of course, after cutting his tour short, Santa wanted to make it up to the townspeople.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Showers will then briefly make it up to Napa, Santa Rosa and Petaluma.
    Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Boats that run too deep to make it up to the higher reaches of the Rhine must now stop to offload some coal and continue on with a lighter load.
    New York Times, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Determined to make it up to Miss Biscuit, Turba had a brilliant idea.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • After the elimination begins, Benja is the first to make it up to the well and easily dumps his bucket.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Barry is haphazardly trying to make it up to Cousineau, even after killing his acting teacher’s girlfriend.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 9 May 2022
  • But after the 4-day weekend at Busch Stadium, Bob Castellini might have a chance to make it up to the faithful.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 9 June 2021
  • After a video went viral last week of a grown man grabbing a ball away from the young fan, a softball player named Avery, the team and Meneses made sure to make it up to her.
    Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The film follows loving mom, Paulette, who feels guilty after unfairly punishing her daughter Linda and would do anything to make it up to her.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 Oct. 2023
  • 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
  • Phoebe sadly learns that her dead Christmas trees go into the chopper, and Ross accidentally breaks a Girl Scout's leg and is forced to sell the cookies himself to make it up to her.
    Eric Todisco, Peoplemag, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Temperatures will only make it up to the mid- to upper 70s this afternoon, in combination with lower humidity levels.
    Jennifer Gray, CNN, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Unfortunately, the head of the PTA cancels the prom instead, leaving Emma with having to try to find a way to go and still make it up to herself and everyone else.
    Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 11 Dec. 2020
  • The life of assistant bank manager Nate takes an apparent turn for the better when his work crush, Sherry (Amber Midthunder), spills scalding coffee on him and wants to make it up to him with a lunch out.
    Mark Meszoros, Twin Cities, 14 Mar. 2025

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