Thesaurus / make up for
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What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEAnd to tell the truth, she couldn't help wishing he could see, so he could make the game livelier.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEYMost of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNESome weeks after, the creditor chanced to be in Boston, and in walking up Tremont street, encountered his enterprising friend.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSIn less than ten minutes, the bivouac was broken up, and our little army on the march.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSThe bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
PHYSIOLOGY OF THE OPERAJOHN H. SWABY (AKA "SCRICI")I was busy loading the piece when an exclamation of surprise from one of the men made me look up.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSEven as they gazed they saw its roof caught up, and whirled off as if it had been a scroll of paper.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEShe sat straight up in bed, and jerked her hands to her head, and screamed long and terribly.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXA flash of surprise and pleasure lit the fine eyes of the haughty beauty perched up there on the palace wall.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYWORDS RELATED TO MAKE UP FOR
- compensate for
- correct
- darn
- debug
- do up
- doctor
- emend
- fiddle with
- give a face-lift
- heal
- improve
- make good
- make up for
- mend
- overhaul
- patch
- patch up
- put back together
- put in order
- put right
- rebuild
- recondition
- recover
- rectify
- redress
- reform
- refresh
- refurbish
- rejuvenate
- remedy
- renew
- renovate
- retread
- retrieve
- revamp
- revive
- right
- settle
- sew
- square
- touch up
- adjust
- amend
- balance
- clean up
- compensate for
- debug
- dial back
- do justice
- doctor
- emend
- fiddle with
- fix up
- go straight
- launder
- make up for
- mend
- overhaul
- patch
- pick up
- put in place
- put right
- recalibrate
- recompense
- recondition
- reconstruct
- rectify
- redress
- repair
- restore
- reward
- scrub
- set straight
- set upright
- settle
- shape up
- sort out
- square
- straighten
- straighten out
- turn around
- vindicate
- adjusts
- amends
- balances
- clean up
- compensates for
- debugs
- dials back
- doctors
- does justice
- emends
- fiddles with
- fixes up
- goes straight
- launders
- makes up for
- mends
- overhauls
- patches
- picks up
- puts in place
- puts right
- recalibrates
- recompenses
- reconditions
- reconstructs
- rectifies
- redresses
- repairs
- restores
- rewards
- scrubs
- sets straight
- sets upright
- settles
- shapes up
- sort out
- squares
- straightens
- straightens out
- turns around
- vindicates
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