man on the make
Example Sentences
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Mr. Restall’s Columbus was a man on the make, a social climber who used his marriage in 1479 to Felipa Moniz, the daughter of a minor aristocrat, to further his standing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
To all those around him, Kweku Adoboli appeared to be a man on the make whose career prospects and future earnings were taking off.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 20, 2012
Unfortunately, the women present at a Las Vegas naval gathering in September witnessed an even darker side of the military man on the make.
From Time Magazine Archive
From his days at Cambridge, he was a man on the make.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had been searching through the words of Harry Rames all the while when he was uttering them for a glimpse of some other being beside the man on the make.
From The Turnstile by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
