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makes up

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What designer West lacks in productivity, he more than makes up for in pure, unadulterated confidence and blind anger.

What he may lack in leadership or due diligence skills, he makes up for in his abilities to whip the media into subservience.

But even Queens and Brooklyn are part of the larger landmass that makes up Long Island.

Somehow, finding a Jew to blame makes up sort of deep symmetry that allows people to comfort themselves that they have an answer.

But Evanheim says the marketing boost solar provides more than makes up for any costs.

He will tell you about the success he had in America; it quite makes up for the defeat of the British army in the Revolution.

The referee who presides at the first meeting makes up or decides on its membership.

I beg your pardon, but she isn't, and will be apt to be quiet when she makes up her mind that she is deserted.

But she is really determined to see the ranch, at least, before she makes up her mind whether to sell or not.

"Papa is so much pleased with dear Norman's behaviour that it quite makes up for all the disappointment," said Margaret.

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On this page you'll find 87 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to makes up, such as: ad-lib, blend, coin, combine, compose, and compound.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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