make sense of

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to understand sth that is difficult or has no clear meaning

   And as our city tries to make sense of the brutal triple murder on the subway last week,

   When I was a kid, I couldn't make sense of it.

In the movies · 5

• When I was a kid, I couldn't make sense of it.Hillbilly Elegy2020
• I figured if there was anyone who could make sense of this messThe Matrix Resurrections2021
• And as our city tries to make sense of the brutal triple murder on the subway last week,Joker2019
• I still can't make sense of it.The Spectacular Now2013
• I like to make sense of things.What Is a Woman?2022
• and I still can't make sense of it.Don't Look Up2021
• I've always tried to make sense of things.Bicentennial Man1999
• It makes senseGodzilla vs. Kong2021

Learn it in full scenes

• Don't Look Up2021
  • Kate Discovers the Comet
  • The Astronomers Call Dr. Oglethorpe
  • Kate and Mindy Wait Seven Hours

From the same entry

• knock some sense into
• make sense
• see sense
• a sense of occasion
• take leave of your senses

More idioms

• the last straw
• be in on
• be on the lookout
• get down to business
• in a way
• a walk in the park
• all the same
• catch red handed
• cost an arm and a leg
• follow in footsteps
• put all your eggs in one basket
• put your money where your mouth is