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

He can afford to pay more now, but would the 28-year-old Mitt still on the make have thought so?

From The Wall Street Journal

Melissa went on the make a second landfall in eastern Cuba still as a major hurricane and brought widespread damage and flooding.

From BBC

What they saw was a lonely old woman in need of a companion, and a cunning outsider on the make.

From BBC

I confess it was more than a little jarring to see my beloved scatterbrained Mrs. Oliver turned into Fey’s stylish, fast-talking writer on the make.

From Los Angeles Times