make up for

Meaning

1. Oxford53% of films

   to do sth that corrects a bad situation

   There are qualities which will always make up for that...

2. Oxford47% of films

   to do sth for sb or give them sth because you have caused them trouble, suffering or disappointment and wish to show that you are sorry

   Make up for letting you down with the quarters.

In the movies · 7

• I hope you make up for it in points.Maria Bamford: Old Baby2017
• There are qualities which will always make up for that...Sense and Sensibility1995
• If there's any way I could make up for itYou Can't Take It with You1938
• I'll make up for it.Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story2009
• Make up for what you spent.The Hate U Give2018
• I'll make up for that right now.The Hot Chick2002
• Make up for letting you down with the quarters.The Town2010
• Um, make up for lost time, I suppose.The Royal Tenenbaums2001

Learn it in full scenes

• Sense and Sensibility1995
  • John Dashwood's Deathbed Promise
  • The Dashwoods Lose Norland
  • Edward Ferrars Visits Norland
• You Can't Take It with You1938
  • Kirby Plans the Munitions Monopoly
  • Poppins Becomes a Lily of the Field
  • A Day in the Sycamore House
• The Town2010
  • The Crew Learns the Hostage's Address
  • FBI Explains the Charlestown Trade
  • Krista Shows Up at the Bar

From the same entry

• make as if to do
• make do
• make good
• make good
• make it
• make it with
• make like
• make the most of
• make much of
• make or break
• make of yourself
• make for

More phrasal verbs

• hold on
• look down on
• stand up for
• line up
• bump into
• shut down
• occur to
• hang around
• pay off
• throw up
• fall for
• eat out